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 Orpington]
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The following is a summary of the visits paid by her during the year:—
Cases Visited | Number of Visits | |
---|---|---|
Tuberculosis: | ||
Primary—Pulmonary | 54 | 54 |
Non-Pulmonary | 8 | 8 |
Revisits—Pulmonary | 182 | 540 |
Non-Pulmonary | 60 | 104 |
Measles | 248 | 248 |
Scarlet Fever | 6 | 16 |
Small Pox and Diphtheria contacts | 97 | 97 |
Other visits | 320 | 473 |
TOTAL | 975 | 1540 |
The visits to cases of Tuberculosis have been as follows:—
Primary | Revisits | Other Visits | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
P. | N.P. | P. | N.P. | ||
January | 1 | — | 53 | 9 | 80 |
February | 9 | 1 | 67 | 9 | 83 |
March | 1 | 1 | 59 | 9 | 104 |
April | 6 | — | 38 | 11 | 160 |
May | 6 | 1 | 55 | 7 | 69 |
June | 4 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 60 |
July | 3 | — | 22 | 8 | 50 |
August | 4 | — | 50 | 10 | 33 |
September | 2 | — | 26 | 8 | 60 |
October | 4 | 2 | 38 | 8 | 39 |
November | 6 | 2 | 49 | 10 | 52 |
December | 8 | — | 52 | 6 | 44 |
TOTALS | 54 | 8 | 540 | 104 | 834 |