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SHOREDITCH TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY.
Report for 1922
BY
A. J. McFarland, M.D., D.P.H., Tuberculosis Officer.
To the Medical Officer of Health, Town Hall, Shoreditch.
Sir,
I beg to submit a report of the work done in the Shoreditch Tuberculosis
Dispensary during the year 1922.
The total number of persons attending during the year was 1281. Of these
676 attended for the first time, the remaining 605 had been examined in previous
years, and had attended during the year for treatment or for re-examination.
Of the new persons examined 168 were found to be suffering from some form of
Tuberculosis.
Of the persons examined in previous years 451 were Tuberculous.
All persons suffering from Tuberculosis who are likely to benefit from Residential
Treatment are advised to accept such treatment, and if they agree to accept Residential
Treatment the necessary forms are sent to the Medical Officer, London County
Council. During the year 166 persons were sent to Residential Institutions—69 of
these were sent to Sanatoria.
The Local War Pensions Committee have sent a large number of pensioners for
examination and report—693 reports were sent during the year.