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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Table 26.—RETURN RELATING TO THE WORK OF THE TUBERCULOSIS AND CHEST CLINIC DURING THE QUARTER
ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1946.
| 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. (1) Number of definite cases of Tuberculosis on the Dispensary Register at the beginning of the Quarter | 507 | 408 | 44 | 38 | 65 | 80 | 21 | 3 | 572 | 488 | 65 | 41 | 1,166 |
| (2) Transfers from Authorities of area outside that of the Council during the Quarter | 2 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | - | 1 | 7 |
| (3) Lost sight of cases returned during the Quarter | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | — | — | 3 |
| B. Number of New Cases diagnosed as tuberculous during the Quarter:— (1) Class T.B. minus | 11 | 10 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 10 | - | 4 | 25 |
| (2) Class T. B. Plus | 10 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 1 | — | — | 11 |
| (3) Non-pulmonary | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 |
| C. Number of cases included in A. and B. written off the Dispensary Register during the Quarter as :— (1) Recovered | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 3 |
| (2) Dead (all causes) | 6 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 5 | — | — | 11 |
| (3) Removed to other Areas | 6 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | 3 | — | 2 | 11 |
| (4) For other reasons | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| D. Number of definite cases of Tuberculosis on the Dispensary Register at the end of the Quarter | 515 | 411 | 42 | 39 | 66 | 80 | 22 | — | 581 | 491 | 64 | 39 | 1,175 |