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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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Attendances.—The total number of attendances during the
year was 5,453.
B.—Dispensary at Metropolitan Hospital. During the same
period 752 new patients were examined at this Dispensary, 373
male and 379 female. Of the total, 255 were insured and 497 were
uninsured persons. The result of examination shows 181 to have
pulmonary tuberculosis, 14 non-pulmonary tuberculosis, 125 were
doubtful, and 432 not suffering from tuberculosis.
Contact Cases.—There were 445 contact cases examined, of
which 31 were found to be tuberculous, 24 were doubtful, and 390
non-tuberculous.
Attendances.—The total number of attendances during the
year was 2,152.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
See appendix page 33 for special report on the above for the
year 1917.
THE FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901.
Factories.—During the year 159 factories were inspected by
the officers of the Public Health Department, 2 being factory
laundries and 157 factories in which articles of clothing, &c., were
made and altered.
In 24 of these factories, the sanitary accommoda
tion was defective, unsuitable or insufficient:—
| Nuisance. | Found. | Abated by Workshop Inspector. | Abated by District Inspector. | Outstanding. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unsuitable or Defective w.c.'s | 16 | 13 | — | 3 | 16 |
| Insufficient „ | 8 | 8 | - | - | 8 |
| Not separate for the sexes. | — | — | — | - | — |