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Woolwich 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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patients who relapse after having been removed as cured, and also
transfers from other areas. Woolwich received 29 transfers from other
areas, and outward transfers numbered 68. Table No. 57 which follows
shows the changes in the register between the 1st January, 1937 and
31st December, of that year.
TABLE No. 57.
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Totals. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| Number on Register on 1st January, 1937 | 454 | 335 | 91 | 88 | 968 |
| Number of new Cases notified | 123 | 105 | 21 | 15 | 264 |
| Number of Cases restored | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| Other additions | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 27 |
| Deletions | 165 | 119 | 35 | 32 | 351 |
| Number on Register on 31st December, 1937 | 431 | 341 | 83 | 73 | 928 |
(3) Weekly and quarterly returns were furnished during the year to the County
Medical Officer.
The County of London (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930, enable the County
Council to maintain or arrange for the maintenance, otherwise than in their homes,
of children living in London in houses where, owing to overcrowding or otherwise,
they are, in the opinion of the County Medical Officer, in danger of being infected
with tuberculosis ; or whose parent or parents are receiving institutional treatment
for tuberculosis and for whose care adequate arrangements cannot otherwise be
made. During the year under review the County Council made arrangements for
nine children under these regulations.
The Regulations of 1925 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 the local authority. One
such case was dealt with during the year without formal resort to the regulations.
Bacteriological Examination of Sputum.—During the year 506 specimens of
sputum were examined at the Dispensary, and 78 of these were positive and 428
negative. A further 536 specimens sent either by general practitioners or by the
Dispensary staff during holiday periods were examined at the War Memorial Hospital
and of these 69 were positive and 467 negative. The total number of specimens
examined was 1,042.