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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 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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NON-PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS.
Supplementary Annual Return showing in summary form (a)
the condition at the end of 1931 of all patients remaining on the
Dispensary Registers; and (b) the reasons for the removal of all
cases written off the Register.
Previous to 1926.
| Condition at the time of the last record made during the year to which the return relates | Bones and Joints | Abdominal | Other Organs | Peripheral Glands | Totals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) Remaining on Dispensary Register on 31st December. | Disease Arrested | ||||||
| Adults M. | 1 | — | — | - | 1 | ||
| „ F. | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||
| Children | 4 | — | — | — | 4 | ||
| Disease not Arrested | |||||||
| Adults M. | 2 | — | 3 | — | 5 | ||
| „ F. | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 16 | ||
| Children | 33 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 58 | ||
| Condition not ascertained during the year | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | ||
| Total on Dispensary Register at 31st December | 48 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 97 | ||
| (b) Not now on Dispensary Register and reasons for removal therefrom. | Discharged as Recovered | ||||||
| Adults M. | 9 | — | 5 | 7 | 21 | ||
| „ F. | 9 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 22 | ||
| Children | 25 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 53 | ||
| Lost sight of, or otherwise removed from Dispensary Register | 37 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 73 | ||
| Dead | |||||||
| Adults M. | 6 | 1 | 4 | — | 11 | ||
| „ F. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Children | 4 | 1 | — | — | 5 | ||
| Total written off Dispensary; Register . | 92 | 7 | 21 | 71 | 191 | ||
| Grand Totals | 140 | 15 | 31 | 102 | 288 | ||