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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 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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TABLE II.
| Under observation on January 1st pending diagnosis. | Examined for the first time during the year. | Total | Suffering from Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Suffering from Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Not suffering from Tuberculosis. | Under observation on December 31st pending diagnosis. | Ceased attendance before completion of diagnosis. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stepney and Mile End Whitechapel St. George-in-the-East | (b) "Contacts " (included in (a)). | 82 | 926 | 1008 | 71 | 28 | 822 | 52 | 35 |
| 163 | 523 | 686 | 28 | 8 | 618 | 32 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 474 | 484 | 8 | 3 | 458 | 10 | 5 | ||
| Total | 255 | 1923 | 2178 | 107 | 39 | 1898 | 94 | 65 |
Table III. shows an analysis of the Insured patients.
TABLE III.
| Under observation on January 1st pending diagnosis. | Examined for the first time during the year. | Total | Suffering from Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Suffering from Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Not suffering from Tuberculosis, | Under observation on December 31st pending diagnosis. | Ceased attendance before completion of diagnosis. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stepney and Mile End Whitechapel St. George-in-the-East | (c) Insured persons. (Included in (a) ). | 32 | 215 | 247 | 92 | 1 | 143 | 8 | 3 |
| 20 | 109 | 129 | 32 | 2 | 92 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 9 | 148 | 157 | 47 | 2 | 79 | 5 | 24 | ||
| Total | 61 | 472 | 533 | 171 | 5 | 314 | 16 | 28 |
A considerable part of the time of the Dispensary Staffs has been devoted
to work in connection with the Ministry of Pensions. The Tuberculosis
Officers have continued to act as referees for the Ministry as regards
tuberculosis