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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

Barking 1960

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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II. GROUPS ATTENDING

Table: This shows details of the attendances made by the variousgroups:-

This shows details of the attendances made by the various

groups:-

MaleFemaleTotal
Referred by General Practitioners135101236
Schoolchildren275220495
Organised Groups271817854503
Public Sessions144519303375
Total457340368609

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III. PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS

Table: (a) The action required on the 73 cases recorded was asfollo ws:-

(a) The action required on the 73 cases recorded was as

follo ws:-

MaleFemaleTotal
Requiring immediate treatment123
Requiring close clinic supervision213
Requiring occasional clinic supervision17825
Presumed healed, no further action needed231942
Total433073

Table: (b)It is interesting to record how the 73 cases came to the notice of the Unit, viz:-

(b)It is interesting to record how the 73 cases came to the notice of the Unit, viz:-

MaleFemaleTotal
General Practitioners referrals
Presumed healed, no further action needed-11
Organised Groups
Requiring immediate treatment-22
Requiring close clinic supervision1-1
Requiring occasional clinic supervision9211
Presumed healed, no further action needed13720

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