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Hampstead 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Report on the work of the Hampstead Municipal Tuberculosis
Dispensary from 1st February to 31st December, 1913.
Since the opening of the Dispensary, 455 persons have applied for
treatment, and of these 191 were found to be tuberculous and were dealt
with at the dispensary as their circumstances demanded.
Table I. shows the number of applications for each individual
month and indicates the proportion of insured persons under the
National Insurance Act who applied for treatment, and the number of
these who were found to be tuberculous:—
TABLE I. Total Number of Applications made during year 1913.
| Month. | Tuberculous. | Non-Tuberculous. | Totals. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insured. | Non. Insured. | Total. | Insured. | Non. Insured. | Total. | Insured. | Non. Insured. | Total. | |
| February | 12 | 8 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 32 |
| March | 12 | 31 | 43 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 16 | 54 | 70 |
| April | 6 | 18 | 24 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 38 | 47 |
| May | 3 | 17 | 20 | 3 | 28 | 31 | 6 | 45 | 51 |
| June | 7 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 31 | 34 | 10 | 44 | 54 |
| July | 7 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 22 | 34 |
| August | 7 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 11 | 25 | 36 |
| September | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| October | 6 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 12 | 38 | 50 |
| November | 6 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 12 | 23 | 35 |
| December | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 26 | 32 |
| Totals | 70 | 121 | 191 | 45 | 219 | 264 | 115 | 340 | 455 |