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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 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: Visits by Tuberculosis Visitors. —The following are particulars of the home visits paid in 1937 by the Council's Tuberculosis Visitors:—

Visits by Tuberculosis Visitors. —The following are particulars of the home visits paid in 1937 by the Council's Tuberculosis Visitors:—

New Cases.Contacts.Other Persons.Total.Insured.Non-insured.
Miss Servante150153183421371250887
Miss Hamilton1629216431897908989
Totals3122453477403421581876

Table: The number of patients who have received residential treatment under the Act in each year since 1926 is as follows :—

The number of patients who have received residential treatment under the Act in each year since 1926 is as follows :—

Year.No. of Patients.No. of Contacts.
192636
1927929
19281031
1929625
1930721
1931514
1932212
1933....
193415
193549
193611
193723
Total50156

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In no case has it been necessary to secure a magistrate's order
for compulsory removal, but it has been possible to secure improvement
in the home conditions of patients by making reference to
the powers for removal contained in the Act.
Provision of Shelters for Home Isolation.—Upon the recommendation
of the Tuberculosis Officers shelters are loaned and
erected in the gardens of patients' homes in order to facilitate home
isolation. The number on loan at the end of the year was two.
Supply of Beds and Bedding.—Beds and bedding were loaned
to eight patients during 1937 to enable them to sleep alone. The
number on loan at the end of the year was seventeen.