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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
Stepney 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Patients who left more than six months and less than twelve months ago :—
| Conditions on discharge. | Full work. | Partial work. | No work | Dead. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrested | 1 | — | |||
| Improved | 12 | 14 | |||
| Unimproved | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 |
24 have not been traced or have been re-admitted.
Patients who left more than twelve months ago :—
| Conditions on discharge. | Full work. | Partial work. | No work. | Dead. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrested | |||||
| Improved | |||||
| Unimproved |
47 have not been traced or have been re-admitted.
Patients who left more than two years ago :—
| Conditions on discharge. | Full work. | Partial work. | No work. | Dead. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrested | 9 | 2 | — | 13 | |
| Improved | — | 3 | 7 | ||
| Unimproved | — | 1 |
12 have not been traced.
Of the patients who have left the Sanatorium with the disease arrested 81.4 per
cent, are still doing full work. Some of those who are not doing any work are in
good health, but are out of employment for other reasons.
King Edward VII. Sanatorium, Midhurst.—Information has been obtained as
to the condition of 377 (92.8 per cent.) of the 406 patients who were discharged
during the years July, 1906-1907 and [ulv, 1907-1908.
GROUP 1.
| Year of Discharge. | Number discharged. | Number well or alive in each successive year after discharge. | Number known to be dead in 1909. | Number lost sight of in 1909. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907-8. | 1908-9. | ||||
| 1906-1907 | 46 | 5 | |||
| 1907-1908 | 79 | — | 71 | 3 | 5 |