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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
Lambeth 1915
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1915
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| Central Dispensary | Lranch Dispensary | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insured | Not Insured. | Total. | Insured. | Not Insured. | Total. | |||||
| Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | Males | Females. | |||
| TABLE IV. | ||||||||||
| *E—Nature of Treatment— | ||||||||||
| 1. Routine (total cases treated one month and over) including— | 88 | 52 | 72 | 139 | 351 | 56 | 39 | 38 | 79 | 212 |
| 2. Institutional— (a) Sanatoria (including Tuberculosis Hospitals) | 44 | 15 | 10 | 19 | 88 | 28 | 22 | 9 | 22 | 81 |
| (b) General Hospitals | _ | _ | _ | 2 | 2 | 4 | _ | 1 | — | 5 |
| (c) Poor Law Institutions | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3. Tuberculin— Remedial | — | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 30 |
| TABLE V. | ||||||||||
| F—Results of Treatment— | ||||||||||
| 1. Routine (Total cases treated one month and over)— | ||||||||||
| (a) Fit for work | 48 | 31 | 60 | 117 | 256 | 65 | 25 | 22 | 58 | 170 |
| Fit for work and remaining so | 29 | 11 | 36 | 78 | 154 | 33 | 24 | 20 | 39 | 116 |
| Not fit for work but becoming fit ... | 19 | 20 | 24 | 39 | 102 | 14 | 7 | 18 | 15 | 54 |
| (b) Unfit for work | 38 | 20 | 12 | 18 | 88 | 11 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 42 |
| Fit for work but not remaining so | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | 7 | 2 | — | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Not fit for work and remaining so | 35 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 81 | 10 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 36 |
| (c) Deaths | 2 | 1 | — | 4 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 Institutional (Sanatorium)— | ||||||||||
| (a) Fit for work | 30 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 52 | 14 | 20 | 16 | 19 | 69 |
| Fit for work and remaining so | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 37 |
| Not fit for work but becoming fit | 26 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 38 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 32 |
| (b) Unfit for work | 15 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| Fit for work but not remaining so | 1 | — | 2 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 3 |
| Not fit for work and remaining so | 14 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| (c) Deaths | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | |
| (3) Tuberculin— | ||||||||||
| (a) Fit for work | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 26 |
| Fit for work and remaining so | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 19 |
| Not fit for work and becoming fit | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | 7 |
| (b) Unfit for work | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 o | — | 4 |
| Fit for work but not remaining so | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | |
| Not fit for work and remaining so | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| (c) Deaths | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
* 249 visits (insured persons 121, uninsured persons 128) were paid to patients own homes by the Tuberculosis Medical
Officer, and 1,066 visits (insured persons 485, non-insured persons 581) by the Tuberculosis Nurse in connection with the
Council's Central Tuberculosis Dispensary. The Tuberculosis Medical Officer connected with the Council's Branch Tuberculosis
Dispensary at St. Thomas' Hospital does not visit at the patients' own homes.