[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich] page 82

Woolwich 1921

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: 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.

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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.
	Males.	Females.	Children, under 16.		Adults.
	Males.	Females.	Children, under 16.		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
(d) Number included under I (a) who were found to be non.tuberculous. .	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
(b) Number of the above attendances at which systematic physical examinations and records were made				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—
(a) Medical Adviser of the Insurance Committee				..		..
(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—
(a) Public authorities				1,234		706
(b) Practitioners				411		125
8. Number of specimens of sputum examined				445		269