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Hackney 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: The following are additional details relating to the work of the Tuberculosis Dispensaries during the year:—

The following are additional details relating to the work of the Tuberculosis Dispensaries during the year:—

Dispensary atTotals.
Metropolitan Hospital.City of London Hospital.
Total number of attendances2,0854,5286,613
Systematic examinations at the above1,5472,0193,566
Number of letters written1,6601,5293,189
Number of visits to patients at their homes148146294
Number of attendances at:—
Artificial Pneumothorax Refill Clinic—525525
X-ray Department148667815
Dental ,,61117
Sunlight ,,———
Other Departments147084

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Eighty-six deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis of persons who
had attended at one of the Tuberculosis Dispensaries occurred
during the year.

Table: The following table shows the various stages which the disease had reached before these patients attended a Tuberculosis Dispensary:—

The following table shows the various stages which the disease had reached before these patients attended a Tuberculosis Dispensary:—

1st Stage.2nd Stage.3rd Stage.
Number94829
Percentage10.5%55.8%33.7%

Table: The intervals which elapsed between the onset of illness in these cases and the date of first attendance at a Tuberculosis Dispensary were:—

The intervals which elapsed between the onset of illness in these cases and the date of first attendance at a Tuberculosis Dispensary were:—

Under 1 month17 cases.
1 to 3 months14 ,,
3 to 6 months20 ,,
6 to 9 months8 ,,
9 to 12 months9 ,,
Over 12 months18 ,,