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VENEREAL DISEASE
Contact Tracing
This Borough,being conveniently situated for travel to Central London, has patients
attending special clinics at most of the major London Hospitals as well as the local centre at
Oldchurch Hospital.
Miss Dobson (Area Nursing Officer) is the designated person that special clinics can
approach regarding contact tracing in the Borough but requests for assistance are rare.
It is understood that in most instances the staff employed by the Hospital Service can
cope with the work involved without additional assistance from this authority.
Health Education
The risk to health of sexually transmitted disease is included as a subject by the Health
Education Section in their general health education syllabus for schools, and in talks to adult
groups that request it.
TUBERCULOSIS
I am indebted to Dr. F. Macken, Consultant Chest Physician, for the following report:Annual
Report of Dagenham & Barking Chest Clinics 1972.
In 1972 the chest services in the London Borough of Barking continued to rely
on Barking Hospital Chest Out-patients and Five Elms Chest Clinic, and hospital beds
in Dagenham and Chadwell Heath Hospitals.
Asthma, bronchitis, carcinoma of lung, tuberculosis and industrial pulmonary
disease remain prevalent. 56 new cases of tuberculosis were discovered and 74 cases
of carcinoma bronchus. Total attendances between the two Out-patient Departments
were over 10,000.
Clinic Nurses continue to play an invaluable part in supervising out-patient
anti-tuberculous treatment, following up contacts.
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