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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
East Ham 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE III.
Return showing the immediate results of Treatment of Patients1 and of Observation of Doubtful Cases discharged from Residential Institutions during the Year 1926.
| Classification on admission to the Institution. | Condition at time of discharge. | Duration of Residential Treatment in the Institution. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 3 months. | 3-6 months. | 6-12 months. | More than 12 months. | Total. | |||||||||||
| M. | F. | Ch. | M. | F. | Ch. | M. | F. | Ch. | M. | F. | Ch. | ||||
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Class T.B. minus. | Quiescent | 2 | 2 | _ | 6 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 11 |
| Improved | 13 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 1 | — | 7 | 2 | — | 1 | 55 | ||
| No material improvement | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 8 | ||
| Died in Institution | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Class T.B. plus. Group 1. | Quiescent | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | |
| Improved | b | 7 | — | 2 | 7 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | ||
| No material improvement | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | ||
| Died in Institution | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | ||
| Class T.B. plus. Group 2. | Quiescent | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | 3 | |
| Improved | 7 | 4 | — | 13 | 7 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | 36 | ||
| No material improvement | 5 | 5 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | — | 2 | — | — | 20 | ||
| Died in Institution | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Class T.B. plus. Group 3. | Quiescent | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Improved | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | ||
| No material improvement | 4 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | ||
| Died in Institution | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
*It should be borne in mind that the definition of " patient " does not include persons in whom a definite diagnosis of
tuberculosis has not been made.