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Acton 1916
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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1916
TABLE 11.
NOTIFICATION OF TUBERCULOSIS—1916.
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 139 | |||
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 26 | |||
| A—Pulmonary Tuberculosis:— | ||||
| Cases | 139 | |||
| Notifications | 226 | |||
| (A case may be notified by more than one doctor, or it may be notified more than once by the same doctor.) The Notifications received were from the following:— | ||||
| Infirmaries | 75 | |||
| Private doctors | 65 | |||
| Sanatoria | 39 | |||
| Hospitals | 38 | |||
| Poor Law doctors | 13 | |||
| Military Authorities | 3 | |||
| Other institutions | 2 | |||
| Tuberculosis Officer | 1 | |||
| Insured cases, 75. Non-insured, 59. No information, 5. | ||||
| Mode of Treatment. | Insured. | Non-insured. | ||
| Sanatorium | 20 | 11 | ||
| Hospital | 8 | 5 | ||
| Infirmary | 10 | 20 | ||
| Applying for Sanatorium treatment | 3 | — | ||
| Applied for Sanatorium treatment but died before receiving it | 3 | — | ||
| Not applying for Sanatorium treatment | 8 | — | ||
| At home | — | 12 | ||
| At home discharged from Infirmary and resumed work | 3 | — | ||
| „ „ „ „ Hospital „ „ | 2 | — | ||
| „ ,, „ „ Sanatorium „ „ | 5 | — | ||
| „ „ „ „ and have not resumed work | 2 | 2 | ||
| Discharged from Sanatorium and died | 2 | — | ||
| „ „ Hospital and have left district | 2 | — | ||
| „ „ Infirmary | — | 1 | ||
| At home applications for admission to Sanatorium refused | 1 | — | ||
| Dead when notification was received | 1 | — | ||
| Removed to Asylum | — | 1 | ||
In 7 cases no information was obtained, 5 were removed to the Infirmary,
and 2 had left the district.