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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
Stepney 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Table IV. shows a general statement of the work during the year.
| Number of Patients under treatment or supervision (excluding persons under observation or domiciliary treatment) on December 31st. | Total number of attendances of Patients at the Dispensaries during the year. | Number of persons placed during the year under observation at the Dispensaries for purpose of diagnosis. | Number of cases in which the period of observation at the Dispensary exceeded two months. | Number of Insured persons under domiciliary treatment on December 31st. | Number of reports received from Insurance Practitioners in respect of insured patients under domiciliary treatment daring the year. | Number of persons referred to affiliated hospital for consultation. | Number of consultations with Medical Practitioners at the homes of Patients. | Number of other visits paid by Tuberculosis Officers to the homes of patients | Number of visits paid by Nurses or Health Visitors to the homes of patients for dispensary purposes. | Number of specimens of sputum examined in connection with the work of the Dispensaries. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | 9. | 10. | 11. | |
| Stepney and Mile End | 255 | 2,747 | 92 | 38 | 142 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 111 | 2,163 | 648 |
| Whitechapcl | 264 | 3,896 | 97 | 34 | 159 | 4 | 30 | 1 | 176 | 2,089 | 739 |
| St. George-in-tbe-East | 278 | 2,495 | 148 | 31 | 190 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 201 | 1,444 | 391 |
| Total | 797 | 9,138 | 337 | 103 | 491 | 16 | 62 | 29 | 488 | 5,696 | 1,778 |
1. Number of patients under treatment or supervision (excluding persons under observation or
domiciliary treatment) on the 31st December* 278
2. Total number of attendances of patients at the Dispensary during the year.. Insured 836
Uninsured 1659
3. Number of persons placed during the year under observation at the Dispensary for the
purpose of diagnosis 148
4. Number of cases in which the period of observation at the Dispensary exceeded two months.. 31
5. Number of insured patients under domiciliary treatment on December 31st † 190
6. Number of reports received from Insurance Practitioners in respect of insured patients under
domiciliary treatment during the year 2
7. Number of persons referred to affiliated hospital for consultation 17
8. Number of consultations with medical practitioners at the homes of patients Insured .. 13
Uninsured 4
9. Number of other visits paid by Tuberculosis Officers to the homes of patients 201
10 Number of visits paid by Nurses or Health Visitors to the homes of patients for dispensary
purposes 1444
11. Number of specimens of sputum examined in connection with the work of the Dispensary 391
* Insured persons under donrci'iary treatment by Insurance practitioners are excluded, even though ihey may attend the
dispensary at intervals for examination or consultation. Such cases are it eluded under Head 5.
† All insured persons in the dispensary area who are actually receiving domiciliary treatment from m Insurance practitioners
are included, irrespective of the date upon which they were placed under domiciliary treatment and of any attendance
at the dispensary,