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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 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 26.
Return showing the work of the Tuberculosis and Chest Clinic, 1931.
| 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 | 51 | 42 | — | — | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 57 | 49 | 8 | 8 | 122 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| (e) Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 85 | 83 | 21 | 16 | 205 |
| B.—Contacts examined during the year:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 4 | 12 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 20 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 7 | 4 | 19 |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 54 | 110 | 83 | 70 | 317 |
| C.—Cases written off the Dispensary Register as | |||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| (b) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 149 | 211 | 104 | 89 | 553 |
| D.—Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st, 1931 | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 371 | 291 | 40 | 30 | 77 | 56 | 75 | 51 | 448 | 347 | 115 | 81 | 991 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 30 |