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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 24.
Return showing the work of the Tuberculosis and Chest Clinic, 1936.
| 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):— | |||||||||||||
| 71 | 56 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 76 | 64 | 7 | 10 | 157 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 18 | |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 69 | 67 | 16 | 13 | 165 |
| B.—Contacts examined during the year:— | |||||||||||||
| 8 | 11 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 25 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 50 | 85 | 58 | 53 | 246 | |
| C.—Cases written off the Clinic Register as— | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 128 | 165 | 77 | 69 | 439 | |
| D.—Number of Cases on Clinic Register on December 31st, 1936:— | |||||||||||||
| 361 | 331 | 22 | 6 | 65 | 82 | 55 | 31 | 426 | 413 | 77 | 37 | 953 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 25 | |