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Fulham 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]

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67
No. of Patients who have attended, both old and new 1,388
No. of Notifications:—
Pulmonary 165
Non-pulmonary 24
Total 189
No. of Sputa examined 1,453
No. of Physical examinations 3,188
No. of Contacts examined 415
No. of Home visits paid by Doctors 213
Bedside consultations 79
Consultations otherwise 574
No. of Home visits paid by Nurses 4,156
No. of Reports sent to Public Bodies 543
No. of Reports sent to Doctors 732
No. of letters written 5,856
No. of Patients referred to Brompton Hospital 4
For X-ray 122
No. of Notified Patients on Dispensary Books on
31/12/1931 903
No. of Patients sent away into institutions or to
the country in 1931 230
Table IX.
230 Patients were sent to residential institutions
on the recommendation of the Dispensary Medical
Officers.
(a) 139 by the London County Council:—
64 to
Sanatoria.
3 to
Colonies.
3 to
Convalescent
Homes.
69 to
Hospitals.
Men
25
3
—
33
Women
26
—
—
33
Children
13
—
3
3
(b) 47 by the Public Assistance Committee:—
26 to
Hospitals.
21 to Sanatoria
and Convalescent
Homes.
Men
11
1
Women
9
4
Children
6
11
(c) 25 Children were sent to Convalescent Homes by the Invalid
Children's Aid Association.
(d) 3 Children were boarded out under the L.C.C.'s Contact scheme.