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Shoreditch 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARIES IN LONDON.
Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch.
Return as to work carried out in connection with the Shoreditch Tuberculosis Dispensary at the Royal Chest Hospital,
City Road, E.C. 1, for the year 1922.
(The return relates only to persons residing in Shoreditch.)
| number of | Under observation at the Dispensary on January 1st pending diagnosis. | Examined for the first time during the year. | total | Found to be | Under observation at the Dispensary on 31st December pending diagnosis. | Ceased attendance before completion of diagnosis. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suffering from Tuberculosis | Not suffering from Tuberculosis. | ||||||||
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | ||||||||
| M. | 32 | 219 | 251 | 103 | 4 | 122 | 16 | 6 | |
| F. | 31 | 174 | 205 | 73 | 2 | 118 | 7 | 5 | |
| Children under 15 | M. | 10 | 143 | 153 | 5 | 6 | 132 | 8 | 2 |
| „ „ | F. | 18 | 140 | 158 | 6 | 6 | 134 | 9 | 3 |
| Total | 91 | 676 | 767 | 187 | 18 | 506 | 40 | 16 | |
| (b) "Contacts " (included in (a))— Adults | M. | 8 | 38 | 46 | 12 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 3 |
| „ „ | F. | 13 | 73 | 86 | 17 | — | 65 | 3 | 1 |
| Children under 15 | M. | 5 | 82 | 87 | 6 | 4 | 70 | 5 | 2 |
| „ „ | F. | 9 | 95 | 104 | 4 | 5 | 89 | 4 | 2 |
| (c) Insured persons (included in (a)) | M. | 18 | 160 | 178 | 76 | 2 | 95 | 3 | 2 |
| F. | 12 | 91 | 103 | 45 | 2 | 51 | 2 | 3 | |