Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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126
Brought forward 92,440
Estimated population (mid.
1934). Borough of Stoke
Newington 50,620
143,060
City of l.ondon Hospital Dispensary Area:β
Clapton Park 39,520
Homerton 32,090
South Hackney 21,850
Hackney 25,220
.118,680
Estimated population (mid.
1934), Borough of Bethnal
Green 102,060
220,740
Estimated population (mid.
1934), Hackney 211,120
Dispensary. | Males. | Females. | Totals. |
---|---|---|---|
Metropolitan Hospital Dispensary | 263 | 284 | 547 |
City of London Hospital Dispensary | 340 | 394 | 734 |
The Borough | 603 | 678 | 1,281 |
The sources through which these cases were sent to Dispensaries were:β
Source. | Dispensary at | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Metropolitan | an Hospital. | City of London Hospital | ||
Total No. | No. found to be tuberculous. | Total No. | No. found to be tuberculous. | |
Medical Officer of Health | 112 | 35 | 248 | 31 |
Local Practitioners | 156 | 38 | 188 | 60 |
Contacts of Notified Cases (Tuberculosis Visitors) | 204 | 6 | 222 | 10 |
Transferred from other areas | 46 | 44 | 27 | 26 |
Metropolitan Hospital | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
London County Council | 1 | 2 | , . | |
City of London Hospital | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 |
Other sources | 15 | 8 | 35 | 28 |
Totals | 547 | 137 | 734 | 167 |