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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 20.
R eturn showing the work of the T uberculosis and C hest C linic, 1934.
| 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 | 69 | 57 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 76 | 64 | 11 | 9 | 160 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 38 | 41 | 10 | 12 | 101 |
| B.—Contacts examined during the year:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 26 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 37 | 73 | 40 | 35 | 185 |
| C.—Cases written off the Clinic Register | |||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 27 |
| (b) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Clinic Register as tuberculous) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 84 | 128 | 54 | 55 | 321 |
| D.—Number of Cases on Clinic Register on December 31st, 1934:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 351 | 305 | 34 | 9 | 73 | 80 | 74 | 33 | 424 | 385 | 108 | 42 | 959 |
| (6) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 38 |