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Hackney 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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At the close of 1925 there were 1,497 cases of pulmonary and 709 cases of non-pulmonary tuberculosis on the register.
| Years | 1921. | 1922. | 1923. | 1924. | 1925. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New cases examined | 1313 | 989 | 1211 | 1100 | 1067 | 5680 |
| Contacts examined | 701 | 555 | 707 | 577 | 537 | 3077 |
| Sputum examinations | 993 | 1080 | 1220 | 1171 | 1185 | 5649 |
| Total No. of attendances 10029 | 8671 | 9053 | 8431 | 8175 | 44359 | |
| No. of home visits by Tuberculosis Officers | 133 | 160 | 289 | 297 | 287 | 1166 |
| No. of patients recommended for institutional treatment | 263 | 182 | 183 | 191 | 192 | 1011 |
The Tuberculosis Dispensaries were formerly under the direct
control of the General Management Committees of the Metropolitan
and Victoria Park Hospitals, but in 1922 the Hospital
Authorities and the Borough Council agreed to form Joint Dispensary
Committees, consisting of Members of the Management
Committee of the Hospitals and of the Council, to undertake
control of the Dispensaries.
The Council requested the Ministry of Health to take the
necessary steps for authorising the Council to appoint a
Tuberculosis Committee, upon which various representative persons
from outside the Council could be co-opted, as in the case of the
Maternity and Child Welfare Committee, so that the Tuberculosis
Committee could have delegated to them all matters relating to
tuberculosis throughout the Borough. The Ministry of Health did
not approve of this suggestion.
The Ministry of Health were requested to secure an
Amendment of the Poor Law, to permit the Guardians taking
care of the children of a tuberculous woman in cases where the
father was an able-bodied man out of employment, who refused