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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 31.
Return showing the extent of Residential Treatment and Observation during the Year 1937 in Harts Sanatorium.
| In Institution on Jan. 1 (1) | Admitted during the year. (2) | Discharged during the year (3) | Died in the Institution. (4) | In Institution on Dec. 31. (5) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of doubtfully tuberculous cases admitted for observation | Adults Children | M. | — | 7 | 6 | — | 1 |
| F. | — | 6 | 5 | — | 1 | ||
| ... | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | ||
| Total | — | 14 | 11 | — | 3 | ||
| Number of patients suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis | Adults Children | M. | 41 | 93 | 84 | 10 | 40 |
| F. | 31 | 58 | 57 | 4 | 28 | ||
| — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | |||
| Total | 72 | 153 | 142 | 14 | 69 | ||
| Numberof patients suffering from non-pulmonary tuberculosis | Adults Children | M. | |||||
| F. | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| ... | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Total | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Grand Total | 72 | 167 | 153 | 14 | 72 | ||
TABLE 32
RETURN SHOWING THE RESULTS OF DOUBTFULLY TUBERCULOUS CASES DISCHARGED DURING THE YEAR 1937 FROM HARTS SANATORIUM.
| Diagnosis 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 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — |
| Non-tuberculous | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | — |
| Doubtful | — | — | — | +1 | *1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Totals | 1 | 3 | — | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 5 | — |
† Discharged from Clinic in 1938 as Non-T.B.
* Still under observation at Chest Clinic.