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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

Croydon 1918

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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71
TUBERCULOSIS WORK.
General Survey of Cases dealt with through the Dispensary
and work done in connection with them.

Table: TABLE T.Table showing origin of Cases seen at the Dispensary for the firsttime in 1918.

TABLE T.

Table showing origin of Cases seen at the Dispensary for the first

time in 1918.

Cause of person attending Dispensary.Insured.Uninsured*Grand Total.
Men.WomenChild'nTotal.MeD.WomenChild'nTotal.
(1) Referred, by local doctoy s or hospital for diagnosis, treatment or advice†15576...231277291190421
(2) Ditto ditto by School Medical Officers & from Infant Clinics................4586262
(3) Ditto ditto from other, chiefly charitable, sources‡132...158335192107
(4) Seen as " Contacts"99...1812194116131
(5) Army Medical Boards64......6424......2488
24187...24160130294484812

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* This includes dependents of insured persons

Table: TABLE T. 2.Table showing the way in which new cases were dealt within 1918.

TABLE T. 2.

Table showing the way in which new cases were dealt with

in 1918.

Insured.Uninsured.Grand Total
Men.WomenChild'nTotal.Men.WomenChild'nTotal.
(1) Diagnosed as tuberculous:
(a) Treated through the Dispensary14350...193244927100293
(b) Treated elsewhere3610...4621182867113
(2) Diag?tcsis not settled-Kept under observation301...31612149167198
(3) Diagnosed not tuberculous3226...5895190150208
24187...32860130294484812