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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New Cases. —The number of new cases seen at the Dispensaries during the year, including contacts of notified cases, was as follows:—
Dispensary. | Males. | Females. | Totals. |
---|---|---|---|
Metropolitan Hospital Dispensary | 263 | 292 | 555 |
London Chest Hospital Dispensary | 350 | 384 | 734 |
The Borough | 613 | 676 | 1,289 |
The sources through which these cases were sent to Dispensaries were:—
Souroe. | Dispensary at | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Metropolit | an Hospital. | London Chest Hospital | ||
Total No. | No. found to be tuberculous. | Total No. | No. found to be tuberculous. | |
Medical Officer of Health | 108 | 47 | 169 | 25 |
Local Practitioners | 179 | 33 | 282 | 57 |
Contacts of Notified Cases (Tuberculosis Visitors).. | 227 | 3 | 202 | 2 |
Transferred from other areas | 33 | 31 | 25 | 25 |
Metropolitan Hospital | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
London County Council | .. | .. | .. | .. |
London Chest Hospital | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 |
Other sources | 3 | 1 | 35 | 34 |
Totals | 555 | 120 | 734 | 161 |
The diagnoses made in regard to the new cases examined at the Dispensaries during the year, excluding contacts, were as follows:—
Diagnosis. | Dispensary at | Totals. | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Metropolit0an Hospital. | London Chest Hospital | ||||||||
Adults. | Children under 15. | Adults. | Children under 15 | ||||||
M. | P. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 52 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 73 | 59 | 1 | 1 | 233 |
Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 8 | b | 4 | 8 | 43 |
Non-tuberculous | 71 | 99 | 16 | 15 | 134 | 138 | 51 | 33 | 557 |
Doubtful | 7 | 3 | •• | .. | 7 | 8 | .. | 2 | 27 |
Totals | 135 | 157 | 18 | 18 | 222 | 210 | 56 | 44 | 860 |