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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

West Ham 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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61
Annual Report of the Tuberculosis Officer for
the year 1924.

Table: The work at the Dispensary during the year is shown by the following figures and tables:—

The work at the Dispensary during the year is shown by the following figures and tables:—

TABLE "A."
Number of persons seen for the first time1,969
Adults1,022
Children947
1,969
Males952
Females1,017
1,969
Notified Cases342
"Contact" Cases984
"Request" Cases643
1,969
Total attendances at Dispensary during the year13,502
At end of year:
Number under Dispensary treatment1,034
Number under Dispensary observation310
Number under Domiciliary treatment301
Number of Domiciliary Reports received in 1924695
Domiciliary Visits paid to the patients' homes by the Staff at the Dispensary3,896