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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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RETURN SHOWING THE IMMEDIATE RESULTS OF TREATMENT OF DEFINITELY TUBERCULOUS PATIENTS DISCHARGED DURING THE YEAR 1938 FROM INSTITUTIONS (OTHER THAN POOR LAW INSTITUTIONS) APPROVED for the TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS (including HARTS SANATORIUM).
| Classification on admission to the Institution. | Condition at time of discharge. | Duration of Residential Treatment in the Institution. | Grand Totals. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 3 months, but exceeding 28 days. | 3-6 months. | 6-12 months. | More than 12 months. | Totals. | ||||||||||||||
| M. | F. | Ch. | M. | F. | Ch. | M. | F. | Ch. | M. | F. | Ch. | M. | F. | Ch. | ||||
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Class T.B. minus. | Quiescent | 5 | 4 | — | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 42 |
| Not quiescent | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | ||
| Died in Institution | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | ||
| Class T.B. plus Group 1. | Quiescent | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | 5 | |
| Not quiescent | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | 5 | ||
| Died in Institution | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Class T.B. plus Group 2. | Quiescent | 3 | 1 | — | 4 | 7 | — | 2 | 6 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 11 | 15 | — | 26 | |
| Not quiescent | 12 | 8 | — | 9 | 6 | — | 4 | 6 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 27 | — | 49 | |||
| Died in Institution | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 6 | 2 | — | 8 | ||
| Class T.B. plus Group 3. | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | ||
| Not quiescent | — | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 7 | — | 13 | ||
| Died in Institution | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | — | 8 | |||
| Totals (pulmonary) | 24 | 17 | 1 | 37 | 23 | 1 | 18 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 85 | 69 | 16 | 170 | ||