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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: TABLE No. 50 (continued).

TABLE No. 50 (continued).

(1) Number of patients under treatment or supervision (excluding persons under observation or domiciliary treatment) on the 31st December675
(2) Total number of attendances of patients at the Dispensary during the year:—
Insured2,702
Uninsured3,458
(3) Number of persons placed during the year under observation at the Dispensary for the purpose of diagnosis267
(4) Number of cases in which the period of observation at the Dispensary exceeded two months46
(5) Number of insured patients under domiciliary treatment on December 31st321
(6) Number of reports received from Insurance Practitioners in respect of insured patients
under domiciliary treatment during the year (7) Number of persons referred to affiliated hospital for consultation83
(8) Number of consultations with medical practitioners
at the homes of patients:—
Insured23
Uninsured24
(9) Number of other visits paid by Tuberculosis Officers to the homes of patients455
(10) Number of visits paid by Nurses or Health Visitors to the homes of patients for dispensary purposes .3,464
(11) Number of specimens of sputum examined in connection with the work of the Dispensary515