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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
Barnet 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet]
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Tuberculosis
The Borough is served by two chest clinics, viz. Edgware Chest Clinic (attached to
Edgware General Hospital) Chest Physician — Dr. H.J. Trenchard, and Barnet Chest Clinic
(attached to Barnet General Hospital) Chest Physician — Dr. J.G. Hounslow. The
Department's health visitors and T.B. visitors continued to carry out social visiting and
act as liaison between the patients and the Chest Physicians.
1. Number of cases of tuberculosis under treatment or supervision at 31st December, 1970.
| Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Children | Total | Men | Women | Children | Total |
2. Number of cases of respiratory tuberculosis (whether notified or not) included under Section 1 above which were new to the clinics (but excluding transfers from other clinics) during the year ended 31st December 1970:
| Classification | Non-Bacteriologically Confirmed | Bacteriologically Confirmed | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Children | Total | Men | Women | Children | Total | |
| - | ||||||||
| - | - | |||||||
| - | - | - | ||||||
| - | ||||||||
3. Number of cases of non-respiratory tuberculosis included in 1 above, new to the clinics
(but excluding transfers from other clinics) during the year ended 31st December 1970:-
Men Women Children Total
14 14 1 29
4. Number of cases included in 1 above whose broncho-pulmonary secretion was positive
during the year — 42
107