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West Ham 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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At the end of the year 278 people were receiving Domiciliary
Treatment, and during the year 719 Domiciliary Reports were
received from Practitioners concerning Tuberculous patients.
These reports are of great value to the Tuberculosis Officer
in his work, and he fully appreciates the help given him by the
General Practitioners in this connection. In addition to the
above, 3,949 visits were paid to the patients' homes by the Staff
of the Dispensary.
Table " E."
| Dispensary— | ||||
| Number of persons seen for the first time | 1,811 | |||
| Adults | 961 | |||
| Children | 850 | |||
| 1,811 | ||||
| Males | 866 | |||
| Females | 945 | |||
| 1,811 | ||||
| Notified Cases | 324 | |||
| Contact Cases | 887 | |||
| Request Cases | 600 | 1,811 | ||
| Number under Dispensary Treatment at 31st Dec. | 1,066 | |||
| Number under Dispensary Observation at 31st Dec | 351 | |||
| Total Attendances at Dispensary | 13,396 | |||
| Sanatorium. | Hospital. | Total | ||
| Number of Adult Patients who received Institutional treatment during the year | 319 | 76 | 395 | |
| Number of Adult Patients receiving Institutional treatment at 31st December | 991 | 25 | 124 | |
Children.— The Council have formulated a different
method than the one at present in existence for the Residential
Institutional Treatment of children, and if this method should
be adopted a very real advance will be made in this vitally important
matter.
* Nine of these patients were receiving Treatment combined with Vocational
Training at special Institutions under the Ministry of Pensions.