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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 28.
Return showing the Results of Observation of Doubtfully Tuberculous Cases Discharged during the Year from Institutions approved for the Treatment of Tuberculosis.
| Diagnosio on discharge from observation. | For Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | For Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Totals. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stay under 4 weeks. | Stay over 4 weeks. | Stay under 4 weeks. | Stay over 4 weeks. | ||||||||||||
| m. | F. | Ch. | m. | F. | Ch. | m. | F. | Ch. | m. | F. | Ch. | m. | F. | Ch. | |
| Tuberculous | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Doubtful | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | – | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
TABLE 29.
Return showing the extent of Residential Treatment provided during the Year in Poor Law Institutions for Persons Chargeable to the Council.
| In Institutions on Jan. 1 (1) | Admitted during the year. (2) | Discharged during the year. (3) | Died in the institutions. (4) | In Institutions on Dec. 31. (5) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of patients suffering from pu1monary tuberculosis | | Adults | M. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | – |
| F. | — | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Children | ... | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | |
| Total | ... | ... | 2 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Number of patients suffering from non-pulmonary tuberculosis | Adults | M. | _ | — | _ | _ | _ |
| F. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | ||
| Children | — | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | ||
| Total | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Grand Total | 3 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 4 | ||