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Hackney 1937

[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 atTotal
Metropolitan Hospital.London Chest Hospital.
Total number of attendances2,1573,3455,502
Systematic examinations at the above1,4891,4012,890
Number of letters written1,3781,6182,996
Number of visits to patients at their homes140142282
Number of attendances at:—
Artificial Pneumothorax Refill Clinic—572572
X-ray Department164646810
Dental ,, ..51217
Sunlight ,, ..———
Other Departments174865

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.
Number94021
Percentage12.8657.1430

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 month51 cases.
1 to 3 months3 ,,
3 to 6 months2 ,,
6 to 9 months5 ,,
9 to 12 months1 ,,
Over 12 months8 ,,