Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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.