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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 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: The sources through which these cases were sent to Dispensaries were:—

The sources through which these cases were sent to Dispensaries were:—

Source.Dispensary at
Metropolitan Hospital.London Chest Hospital
Total No.No. found to be tuberculous.Total No.No. found to be tuberculous.
Medical Officer of Health1084620119
Local Practitioners1744124347
Contacts of Notified Cases (Tuberculosis Visitors)..21412094
Transferred from other areas48443636
Metropolitan Hospital3266
London County Council. .. .. .. .
London Chest Hospital111818
Other sources742818
Totals555139741148

Table: The diagnoses made in regard to the new cases examined at the Dispensaries during the year, excluding contacts, were as follows :—

The diagnoses made in regard to the new cases examined at the Dispensaries during the year, excluding contacts, were as follows :—

Diagnosis.Dispensary atTotals.
Metropolitan Hospital.London Chest Hospital
Adults.Children under 15.Adults.Children under 15.
M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis575525685321243
Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis6544586139
Non-tuberculous758321181261386449574
Doubtful312••641••17
Totals14114429272052037351873

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Examination of Home Contacts.—The number of persons living
in contact with the 352 cases of tuberculosis which came to notice
for the first time during the year was 790 (2.2 contacts per patient).
Of this number of contacts, 467, or 59.1 per cent., were examined
either at the Tuberculosis Dispensaries or by their own doctors.
The diagnoses made at the examination of the 423 contacts examined