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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. | |
| 1. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st | 877 |
| 2. Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years | 8 |
| 3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assistance under the tuberculosis scheme, and cases "lost sight of " | 83 |
| 4. Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes) | 99 |
| 5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts) | 5,751 |
| 6. Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st December | 227 |
| 7. Number of consultations with medical practitioners:— | |
| 133 | |
| (b) Other | 987 |
| 8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to homes (including personal consultations) | 397 |
| 9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to homes for Dispensary purposes | 4,000 |
| 10. Number of:— | |
| (a) Specimens of sputum, etc., examined | 506 |
| 1,050 | |
| 11. Number of "Recovered" cases restored to Dispensary Register, and included in A (a) and A (b) above | 10 |
| 12. Number of "T.B. plus" cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st | 337 |
Number of Dispensaries for the treatment of Tuberculosis (excluding centres
used only for special forms of treatment).
Provided by the Council
Provided by Voluntary Bodies Nil