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West Ham 1937

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

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Table: Table XI.Number on tuberculosis register.

Table XI.

Number on tuberculosis register.

Year.Number on register.Increase (+) or decrease (-) as compared with previous yeai
Pulmonary.Non-pulmonary.Total.Actual.Percent, of previous years.
19312,3739913.364——
19322,0029742,976-388-11.5
19331,7511,0202,771-205- 6.8
19341,6906032,293-478-17.2
19351,6486052,253- 40- 1.7
19361.5475202,067- 86- 3.8
19371,5665332,099+ 32+ 1.5

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WORK OF THE DISPENSARY.
Special features of the work of the dispensary are discussed
later in the report of the Chief Clinical Tuberculosis Officer.
In Table XII. I give certain details of the work carried
out at the dispensary in the year 1937. This table is modified
from Form T. 145, which is required by the Ministry of Health.
Contacts. The number of new contacts examined during
the year was 423, of whom 6 were found to be suffering from
tuberculosis. The corresponding figures for the previous year
were 464 and 8. Further particulars arc given in Table XIII.

Table: Table XIII., Contacts first examined during 1937.

Table XIII.

, Contacts first examined during 1937.

New contacts, examined.Found sputum t.b. +Diagnosed tuberculous but sputum negative.Diagnosed non-pulmonary tubercle.Entirely non-tuberculous. Lost sight of. Removed from area.Remaining under observation.Admitted sanatoria for observation or treatment.
Men692——6611
Women1331—1284—
Boys121-2I11262
Girlstoo-——8911I
Total42332I395224