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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 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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The 1924 Regulations require the Medical Officer of Health
to furnish, quarterly, a return to the County Medical Officer
of the actual number of cases on the register at the beginning
and end of the quarter, the number added and the number
removed, giving in the case of removals the name and address
and reason for removal of each case. The Table given below
shows the changes which have taken place in the register
during 1925, and it will be noted that at the end of the year
there were 2,156 known cases of tuberculosis in the Borough.
TABLE No. 66.
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Totals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| Number on Register at 1st January, 1925 | 1009 | 859 | 276 | 263 | 2407 |
| Number of additions | 158 | 119 | 28 | 33 | 338 |
| Number of deletions | 278 | 239 | 36 | 36 | 589 |
| Number on Register at 31st December, 1925 | 889 | 739 | 268 | 260 | 2156 |
The 1925 Regulations provide for the compulsory discontinuance
of a person, suffering from infectious respiratory
tuberculosis, from employment involving the handling or
treatment of milk, and are enforceable by local authorities.
No action was taken under them during the year.
(b) Shelters. The Council have provided 13 shelters for
the use of consumptives who have been to sanatoria and who
are desirous of continuing to live under open-air conditions.
The shelters are of special design to allow of their easy transport
and introduction into gardens through the terraced
houses which are a feature of this locality. They are