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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
Hackney 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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The following is a statement in tabular form of the relative
number and percentage of insured and non-insured of primary
cases of tuberculosis notified during 1917.
National Insurance Act, 1917.
Tuberculosis, 1917.
| Sex. | Insured Cases. | Non-Insured Cases. | Percentage Insured. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | NonPulmonary. | Pulmonary. | NonPulmonary. | Pulmonary. | NonPulmonary. | |
| Male | 295 | 10 | 155 | 80 | 65% | 11% |
| Female | 97 | 11 | I62 | 60 | 37% | 15% |
| Total | 392 | 21 | 317 | 140 | 55% | 13% |
ACTION TAKEN DURING THE YEAR 1917.
The action taken includes disinfection of rooms and the articles
infected by tuberculous patients, inspection of dwellings occupied
by tuberculous persons, and the removal of any condition prejudicial
to health, instruction of patients in measures to prevent the spread
of the disease, and the gratuitous supply of sputum flasks, the
number of these supplied during the year being 66.
TREATMENT—TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARIES.
A.—Dispensary at Victoria Park Hospital.—During the year
1917 there were 1,549 new patients examined at the Dispensary,
737 males and 812 females. Of the total 535 were insured and 1,014
uninsured persons. The result of examination shows 260 to have
pulmonary tuberculosis, 59 non-pulmonary tuberculosis, 44 were
doubtful and 1,186 not suffering from tuberculosis.
Contact Cases.—There were 974 contact cases examined, of
which 18 were found to be tuberculous, 18 doubtful and 938
non-tuberculous.