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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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TABLE 25.
Return showing the work of the Tuberculosis and Chest Clinic, 1938.
| 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 | 62 | 42 | 1 | — | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 64 | 48 | 5 | 2 | 119 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | 15 | 2 | — | 33 |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 88 | 101 | 20 | 17 | 226 |
| B.—Contacts examined during the year:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 3 | 16 | 4 | 5 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 29 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 | ||||||||
| (c) Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 55 | 72 | 36 | 42 | 205 |
| C.—Cases written off the Clinic Register as:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 16 |
| (b) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Clinic Register as tuberculous) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 153 | 186 | 60 | 63 | 462 |
| D.—Number of Cases on Clinic Register on December 31st, 1938 | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 370 | 347 | 24 | 12 | 62 | 90 | 51 | 17 | 432 | 437 | 75 | 29 | 973 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 50 |