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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 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: Examination of Home Contacts. —The diagnoses made as regards the 285 contacts examined at the Tuberculosis Dispensaries during the year were:—

Examination of Home Contacts. —The diagnoses made as regards the 285 contacts examined at the Tuberculosis Dispensaries during the year were:—

Diagnosis.Dispensary atTotals.
Metropolitan Hospital.London Chest Hospital.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis12416
Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis123
Non-tuberculous131129260
Doubtful426
Totals148137285

Table: Bacteriological Examinations .—Six hundred and eighty-five specimens of sputum were examined at the Tuberculosis Dispensaries during the year with the following results:—

Bacteriological Examinations .—Six hundred and eighty-five specimens of sputum were examined at the Tuberculosis Dispensaries during the year with the following results:—

Result of ExaminationDispensary atTotals.
Metropolitan Hospital.London Chest Hospital.
Tubercle bacilli present4672118
Tubercle bacilli absent130437567
Totals176509685

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In addition, 61 examinations of specimens of sputum were
carried out by the Council's Bacteriologists during the year, with
the following results:—
Tubercle bacilli present -
Tubercle bacilli absent 61
Total 61