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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 24.
Return showing the work of the Tuberculosis and Chest Clinic, 1937.
| 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 | 79 | 54 | 4 | — | 6 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 85 | 64 | 12 | 6 | 167 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 9 | — | 1 | 19 |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 76 | 84 | 22 | 18 | 200 |
| B.—Contacts examined during the year:— | |||||||||||||
| 6 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 7 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 31 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 72 | 96 | 51 | 49 | 268 |
| C.—Cases written off the Clinic Register as — | |||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| (b) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Clinic Register as tuberculous) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 155 | 191 | 76 | 71 | 493 | |
| D.—Number of Cases on Clinic Register on December 31st, 1937:— | |||||||||||||
| 363 | 336 | 23 | 6 | 69 | 92 | 56 | 24 | 432 | 428 | 79 | 30 | 969 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 31 | |