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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF LAMBETH.
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD—FORM R.*
Record required to be kept, by order of the Local Government Board given in their letter of Feb. 29th, 1916.
Return AS TO Work CARRIED OUT IN CONNECTION WITH THE Two Tuberculosis Dispensaries (Central and Branch) FOR THE
Period from April Ist, 1916, to December 31st, 1916.
Central Dispensary.
Branch Dispensary.
Insured.
Uninsured.
Insured.
Uninsured.
Totals.
Females
Childr'n
under
16.
Adults.
Females
Childr'n
under
16.
Adults.
Males.
Males.
Females.
Females.
Males.
Males.
1. (a) Number of persons examined for the
first time during the above period at
or in connection with the Dispensaries
191
66
215
51
122
153
78
201
47
105
1229
(b) Number included under 1 (a) who were
found to be suffering from pulmonary
tuberculosis
17
5
75
31
11
15
41
62
17
28
302
(c) Number included under 1 (a) who were
found to be suffering from non-pulmonary
tuberculosis
4
2
59
1
10
12
11
63
13
14
189
(d) Number included under 1 (a) who were
found to be non-tuberculous†
10
11
3
19
51
36
87
18
40
302†
(e) Number included under 1 (a) in whom
the diagnosis was found to be doubtful
101
30
118
25
5 2
28
14
34
11
23
436
Central Dispensary.
Branch Dispensary.
Totals
Insured.
Uninsured.
Insured
Uninsured
2. (a) Total attendances at the Dispensary (including attendances
at the Dispensary of persons included under
1 (a))
4511
1583
1625
9789
2070
(b) Number of the above attendances at which systematic
physical examinations and records were
made
854
2450
601
458
537
3. Number of visits to patients at their own homes by the
Dispensary Medical Officers in connection with the
supervision of home conditions‡
70
-
-
60
130‡
4. Number of visits to patients at their own homes by the
Dispensary Nurses in connection with the supervision
of home conditions and " following up "§
265
311
1107
2625 §
942
5. Number of persons suffering from or suspected to
be suffering from tuberculosis referred to the Hospital
to which the Dispensary is affiliated
4
89
107
206
6
6. Number of consultations with the —
(a) Medical Adviser of the Insurance Committee
-
-
-
-
-
-
(b) Consulting Physicians at the Hospital to which
the Dispensary is affiliated
(c) Practitioners at the homes of patients‡
-
-
-
-
1
7. Number of written reports concerning individual
patients made to—
(a) Public Authorities
-
5‡
4
-
105
98
474
202
69
338
(b) Practitioners
120
72
101
45
567
8. Number of specimens examined
146
73
67
281
* Form R for the year 1916 is only a 9 months' record (April Ist to December 31st, 1916), but for subsequent years will be
a 12 months' record.
† From physical signs. , . .
‡Under the Lambeth Scheme, the Tuberculosis Medical Officer connected with the Branch Dispensary (St. Thomas Hospital)
does not visit at the patients' own homes.
§ These numbers are approximate only, no exact records being available.
N.B. —Cases under special treatments are dealt with at the end of the Tables (vide pp. 28-29)