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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 18.
Return showing the work of the Tuberculosis and Chest Clinic, 1933.
| 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 | 62 | 45 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 70 | 54 | 11 | 6 | 141 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 42 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 88 |
| B.—Contacts examined during the year:— | 9 | 12 | 3 | 4 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 30 |
| (6) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 22 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 33 | 53 | 60 | 65 | 211 | |
| C.—Cases written off the Clinic Register as — | — | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | 6 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 84 | 106 | 70 | 74 | 334 | |
| D.—Number of Cases on Clinic Register on December 31st, 1933 ;— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 348 | 292 | 34 | 11 | 71 | 77 | 80 | 34 | 419 | 369 | 114 | 45 | 947 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 34 | |