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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
Woolwich 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 50.
Return as to work carried out in connection with the Maxey Road Tuberculosis Dispensary for the year 1924 (Form "R" (revised)).
| Number of | Under observation at the Dispensary on Jan. 1st pending diagnosis | Examined for the first time during the year | Total. | Found to be | Under observation at the Dispensary on Dec. 31st pending diagnosis. | Ceased attendance before completion of diagnosis. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suffering from Tuberculosis. | Not suffering from Tuberculosis. | |||||||||
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary | |||||||||
| i) All persons (including "Contacts") | Adults | M. | 15 | 291 | 306 | 82 | 5 | 207 | 7 | 5 |
| F. | 11 | 306 | 317 | 68 | 4 | 226 | 7 | 12 | ||
| Children under 15 | M. | 7 | 269 | 276 | 7 | 9 | 240 | 5 | 15 | |
| F. | 8 | 249 | 257 | 9 | 10 | 223 | 2 | 13 | ||
| Total | 41 | 1,115 | 1,156 | 166 | 28 | 896 | 21 | 45 | ||
| (b)" Contacts" (included in (a) | Adults | M. | 8 | 63 | 71 | 6 | 1 | 62 | 1 | 1 |
| F. | 7 | 102 | 109 | 20 | 85 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Children under 15 | M. | 4 | 105 | 109 | — | 3 | 100 | 1 | 5 | |
| F. | 6 | 123 | 129 | 3 | — | 121 | — | 3 | ||
| c) Insured persons include in (a) | M. | 13 | 232 | 245 | 68 | 3 | 169 | 4 | 1 | |
| F | 4 | 74 | 78 | 23 | 2 | 47 | 5 | 1 | ||