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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 58.
Return showing the work of the dispensaries for 1937.
| 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):— | |||||||||||||
| 129 | 90 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 141 | 101 | 11 | 9 | 262 | |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 187 | 214 | 96 | 82 | 579 |
| B.—CONTACTS examined during the year:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 4 | 12 | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 25 |
| (b)Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 115 | 175 | 126 | 104 | 520 |
| C.—CASES written off the Dispensary Register as:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | 40 | 26 | 2 | — | 10 | 11 | 8 | — | 50 | 37 | 10 | — | 97 |
| (b) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 310 | 398 | 225 | 186 | 1119 |
| D.—NUMBER OF CASES on Dispensary Register on December 31st:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 366 | 319 | 28 | 25 | 40 | 48 | 23 | 24 | 406 | 367 | 51 | 49 | 873 |
| (6) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |