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Shoreditch 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table No. 61

Number of intimations on Form 1 (of admission of case to institution).Number of intimations on Form II (of discharge of case from institution)
L.C.C. Hospitals.Sanatoria.L.C.C. Hospitals.Sanatoria.
Pulmonary, males46603829
Pulmonary, females29552433
Non-pulmonary, males3416
Non-pulmonary, females1715
Totals791266473

OUT-PATIENT TREATMENT
Details of out-patient facilities will be found in the report of the Tuberculosis
Officer (pp. 77-80.)
PUBLIC HEALTH (PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS)
REGULATIONS, 1925.
These Regulations prohibit a person suffering from tuberculosis, and who is in an
infectious condition, from following any employment or occupation in connection
with a dairy which would involve the milking of cows, the treatment of milk, or
the handling of vessels used for containing milk.
It was not necessary for these reasons to prohibit any person from following
his occupation in a dairy during the year under consideration.
SUMMARY OF WORK
The work of the Tuberculosis Dispensary is summarised in the following returns
to the Ministry of Health:—