Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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WEST HAM CHEST CLINIC
1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | |
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266/T Scheme (Tuberculosis Allowances under Government Scheme) | - | - | - | - | 69 | 64 | 67 | 51 |
266/A Scheme (Tuberculosis Allowances under Council's Scheme) | - | - | - | - | - | 58 | 59 | 73 |
Examinations at Clinic | 8055 | 4024 | 2517 | 4426 | 6145 | 5163 | 5735 | 6027 |
Domiciliary treatment | 293 | 103 | 33 | 30 | 20 | 105 | 111 | 62 |
Patients on Clinic Register at 31st December ("Definite" and "Observation" cases) | 532 | 502 | 397 | 458 | 538 | 454 | 410 | 277 |
Home Nourishment cases at 31st December | 295 | 92 | 63 | 82 | 80 | 42 | 48 | 92 |
Sputum examinations | 635 | 672 | 532 | 603 | 725 | 684 | 808 | 954 |
X-ray examinations | 417 | 571 | 505 | 623 | 1012 | 709 | 969 | 1161 |
Definite cases on register at 31st December | 1389 | 915 | 683 | 763 | 904 | 850 | 961 | 1025 |
Doubtful cases on register at 31st December | 134 | 67 | 111 | 173 | 201 | 108 | 201 | 154 |
Number examined for the first time | 832 | 661 | 497 | 680 | 872 | 879 | 969 | 1046 |
Number of contacts examined | 272 | 183 | 124 | 207 | 298 | 151 | 280 | 174 |
Number of definite cases | 223 | 210 | 146 | 194 | 211 | 176 | 158 | 143 |
Home Visits—by Tuberculosis Officer | 238 | 116 | 205 | 284 | 322 | 171 | 70 | 93 |
Home Visits—by Tuberculosis Health Visitors | 3179 | 3768 | 3266 | 3140 | 3971 | 6790 | 5154 | 3799 |
Medical Boards (Cases referred to Tuberculosis Officer by Medical Boards under Armed Forces' Act, 1938) | 7 | 207 | 108 | 103 | 124 | 116 | 45 | 51 |