Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 44.
Return as to work carried out in connection with the Tuberculosis Dispensary for the period from 1st January to 31st December, 1921.
Insured. | Uninsured. | |||||
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Males. | Females. | Children, under 16. | Adults. | |||
Males. | Females. | |||||
1. (a) Number of persons examined for the first time during the above period at or in connection with the Dispensary | 264 | 121 | 530 | 39 | 242 | |
(6) Number included under 1 (a) who were found to be suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis | 69 | 30 | 9 | 8 | 35 | |
(c) Number included under 1 (a) who were found to be suffering from non.pulmdhary tuberculosis | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 4 | |
84 | 41 | 300 | 18 | 105 | ||
(e) Number included under 1 (a) in whom the diagnosis was found to be doubtful | 108 | 46 | 213 | 11 | 98 | |
Insured. | Uninsured | |||||
2. (a) Total attendances at the Dispensary (including attendances at the Dispensary of persons included under 1 (a) | 3,946 | 4,849 | ||||
1,341 | 1,896 | |||||
3. Number of visits to patients at their own homes by the Dispensary medical officers in connection with the supervision of home conditions | 623 | 257 | ||||
4. Number of visits to patients at their own homes by the Dispensary nurses in connection with the supervision of home conditions and " following up " | 2,087 | 3,392 | ||||
5. Number of persons suffering from or suspected to be suffering from tuberculosis referred to the Hospital to which the Dispensary is affiliated | 5 | .. | ||||
6. Number of consultations with the— | ||||||
.. | .. | |||||
(6) Consulting Physicians at the Hospital to which the Dispensary is affiliated | .. | .. | ||||
(c) Practitioners at the homes of patients | 55 | 17 | ||||
7. Number of written reports concerning individual patients made to— | ||||||
1,234 | 706 | |||||
411 | 125 | |||||
8. Number of specimens of sputum examined | 445 | 269 |