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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 75.
Return showing the work of the dispensaries for 1935.
| Diagnosis. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Total. | Grand Total. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | ||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| A.—NEW CASES examined during the year (excluding contacts):— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 87 | 73 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 97 | 81 | 6 | 7 | 191 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 148 | 179 | 98 | 89 | 514 |
| B.—CONTACTS examined during the year:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 9 | 6 | 2 | 4 | — | 4 | 1 | — | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 26 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 98 | 139 | 91 | 104 | 432 |
| C.—CASES written off the Dispensary Register as:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | 29 | 17 | 1 | — | 7 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 38 | 4 | 3 | 81 |
| (b) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 248 | 330 | 190 | 196 | 964 |
| D.—NUMBER OF CASES on Dispensary Register on December 31st:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 389 | 312 | 18 | 18 | 46 | 47 | 26 | 24 | 435 | 359 | 44 | 42 | 880 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |