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Hackney 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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that the following authorities are now interested in the Dispensary
treatment of Tuberculosis in Hackney:—
Hackney Borough Council,
Stoke Newington Borough Council,
Bethnal Green Borough Council,
Ministry of Health,
London County Council,
Metropolitan Hospital Management Committee,
Victoria Park Hospital Management Committee.
A Tuberculosis Officer in addition to the primary duty of
diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis, is required to attend
meetings of the Advisory Committees, Care Committees and Case
Committees, and prepare tables of statistics for the information
of the Committees. He is also expected, according to Circular
149, to visit at least once, the home of each dispensary patient;
and should also visit for the purpose of examining contacts, and
for consultation and reporting purposes as often as may be
required. The three Tuberculosis Officers appointed at the two
Dispensaries are required to carry out the treatment of Tuberculosis
in three Metropolitan Boroughs containing in 1924 a total
estimated population of 399,020 with 451 deaths from tuberculosis
and with 785 primary cases of tuberculosis notified during
that year alone.
DISPENSARY DISTRICTS.
Estimated Population in Electoral wards.
Metropolitan Hospital Area—
Stamford Hill 33,448
West Hackney 19,386
Kingsland 23,500
Downs 17,407
93,741
Estimated population (1924)—
Borough of Stoke Newington 52,920
146,661