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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 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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| New Cases. | Contacts | Sailors and Soldiers | Other Persons. | Total. | Insured. | Non-insured. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Servante | 145 | 122 | 124 | 1864 | 2255 | 1293 | 962 |
| Miss Clarke | 177 | 144 | 124 | 1882 | 2327 | 1233 | 1094 |
| 822 | 266 | 248 | 3746 | 4582 | 2526 | 2056 |
The Staff of the King's Home for Nurses paid 1,329 visits to 31
cases requiring nursing assistance.
Discharged Tuberculous Sailors and Soldiers.
Arrangements were made at the commencement of 1919 with the
Ministry of Pensions for the home visiting and after-care of discharged
sailors and soldiers suffering from tuberculosis.
The Tuberculosis Health Visitors visit the homes of these patients
and advise them of any alterations which they deem desirable in the
sleeping accommodation, sanitary conditions, cleanliness, etc., and also
encourage them to carry out the instructions of the doctor in attendance,
or the Tuberculosis Officer, as to their mode of living.
During the year the number of discharged men visited was 84,
and the total number of visits of this kind made was 248. The proportion
of the number of visits to such cases to the total number of
visits made by Tuberculosis Health Visitors to tuberculous cases in
the Borough was as one to eighteen. See table above.