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Lambeth 1916
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1916
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LAMBETH MUNICIPAL TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARIES SCHEME REPORT, 1916. Tables I. to V.
| Central Dispensary. | Branch Dispensary. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insured. | Not Insured, | Total. | Insured. | Not Insured. | Total. | |||||
| Males. | Females. | Males | Females. | Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | |||
| TABLE 1. | ||||||||||
| 1.—Total Attendances. | ||||||||||
| (a) New Patients | 225 | 87 | 215 | 313 | 840 | 180 | 130 | 193 | 323 | 826 |
| (b) Old Patients | 1382 | 934 | 1648 | 3618 | 7582 | 1752 | 564 | 892 | 1456 | 4664 |
| Totals | 1607 | 1021 | 1863 | 3931 | 8422 | 1932 | 694 | 1085 | 1779 | 5490 |
| II.—Particulars of New Patients. | ||||||||||
| A.—Age Periods and Sex— | ||||||||||
| (1) Under 15 | – | – | 156 | 149 | 305 | – | – | 121 | 142 | 263 |
| (2) 15 and over | 225 | 87 | 59 | 164 | 535 | 180 | 130 | 72 | 181 | 563 |
| (a) 15—25 | 49 | 46 | 12 | 27 | 134 | 56 | 77 | 37 | 49 | 219 |
| (b) 25—35 | 89 | 22 | 16 | 49 | 176 | 40 | 32 | 10 | 60 | 142 |
| (c) 35—45 | 61 | 11 | 20 | 49 | 141 | 45 | 15 | 12 | 52 | 124 |
| (d) 45—55 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 50 | 25 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 48 |
| (e) 55—65 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 27 |
| (f) 65 and over | 1 | – | 5 | 4 | 10 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| B—Lengths of Attendances — | ||||||||||
| (1) One month and over | 77 | 42 | 99 | 191 | 409 | 85 | 56 | 103 | 141 | 385 |
| (2) Under one month* | 148 | 45 | 116 | 122 | 431 | 95 | 74 | 90 | 182 | 441 |
| TABLE II. | ||||||||||
| C—Sources of Cases— | ||||||||||
| (1) Medical men | 185 | 50 | 54 | 68 | 357 | 105 | 67 | 25 | 36 | 233 |
| (2) Charitable Societies | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| (3) Out Patients' Department (St. Thomas's Hospital) | – | – | – | – | – | 32 | 21 | 38 | 116 | 207 |
| (4) Others (e.g., Public Departments, Patients, etc.) | 27 | 18 | 106 | 155 | 306 | 17 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 89 |
| (5) " Contacts " or " suspects " | 13 | 18 | 53 | 89 | 173 | 21 | 30 | 97 | 135 | 283 |
| TABLE III. | ||||||||||
| D—Results of diagnosis— | ||||||||||
| 1. Ordinary Patients — (a) Tuberculosis | 91 | 43 | 64 | 97 | 295 | 85 | 43 | 56 | 99 | 283 |
| (b) Suspected Tuberculosis | 119 | 29 | 97 | 128 | 373 | 74 | 56 | 40 | 90 | 260 |
| 2. " Contacts " or "suspects"— (a) Tuberculosis | 4 | 2 | 16 | 17 | 39 | – | – | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| (b) Suspected Tuberculosis including— | 9 | 16 | 37 | 72 | 134 | 21 | 31 | 88 | 129 | 269 |
| 3. Tuberculin, Diagnostic † | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Positive Reaction | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Negative Reaction | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
* Cases sent for opinion only (including recruits), cases unfit or unsuitable to attend, cases classified as suspected tuberculous
(including non-tuberculous or doubtful), " contacts " or " suspects," and cases belonging and transferred to other Districts.
† In one of these cases (a recruit), the clinical signs were indefinite and an X-zay examination proved negative, but the case
was shewn to be a definite one of pulmonary tuberculosis by a series of test injections of old tuberculin given by the Tuberculosis
Officer of the Central Dispensary. Tuberculin is rarely now used for diagnostic purposes at the Branch Dispensary.