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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hammersmith 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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The following table has been prepared, giving particulars of new cases of tuberculosis and of deaths from tuberculosis during 1927:—
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| 15 | 17 | 29 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 13 | — | 2 |
| 25 | 50 | 54 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 29 | 4 | _ |
| 45 | 38 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 15 | — | — |
| 65 and upwards | 7 | 2 | 1 | . — | 10 | 4 | 1 | — |
| Totals | 117 | 106 | 28 | 22 | 96 | 63 | 13 | 10 |
I submit a report on the work carried out at the Tuberculosis
Dispensary.
Tuberculosis Officer's Report for the Year 1927.
During the year sessions have been held regularly at the
Dispensary for the examination and treatment of patients at
the following times:—
Mondays, 10 a.m. Women and Children.
Tuesdays, 1.30 p.m. School Children.
Tuesdays, 6 p.m. Men.
Thursdays, 6 p.m. Women.
Saturdays, 10 a.m. School Children.
Special appointments are held daily to suit the convenience
of those who cannot attend at the stated hours and
in cases where the consultation is likely to be a lengthy one.
Tuberculosis Dispensary.
The record of the year's work of the Dispensary is as
follows:—
On 1st January, 1927, the number of patients on the
Dispensary Register was 686.
During the year 26 definite cases of the disease wre transferred
from other areas into the Hammersmith district and
46 moved out of this district or were lost sight of. Twenty-