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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
Deptford 1919
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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Metropolitan Borough of Deptford, Return AS TO Work carried out in connection with the Deptford Dispensary for the period from Ist January, 1919, to 31st December, 1919.
| Insured | Uninsured. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females | Children under 16. | Adults. | ||
| Males, | Females. | ||||
| 1. (it) Number of persons examined (or the first time during the above period at or in connection with the Dispensary | 135 | 60 | 360 | 10 | 100 |
| (b) Number included under 1 (a) who were found to be suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis | 91 | 28 | 60 | 3 | 42 |
| (c) Number included under 1 (a) who were found to be suffering from non-pulmonary tuberculosis | 4 | 2 | 39 | – | 1 |
| (d) Number included under 1 (a) who were found to be non-tubeiculuus | 8 | 13 | 163 | 3 | 38 |
| (e) Number included under 1 (a) in whom the diagnosis was found to be doubtful | 32 | 17 | 98 | 4 | 19 |
| Insured. | Uninsured. | ||||
| 2.(a) Total attendances at the Dispensary (including attendances at the Dispensary of persons included under 1 (a) ) | 2352 | 3447 | |||
| (b) Number of the above attendances at which systematical physical examinations and records were made | 583 | 768 | |||
| 3. Number of visits to patients at their own homes by the Dispensary medical officers in connection with the supervision of home conditions | 64 | 16 | |||
| 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” | 948 | 968 | |||
| 5. Number of persons suffering from or suspected to be suffering from tuberuberculosis red to the Hospital to which the Dispensary is affiliated | 1 | 24 | |||
| 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 | 79 | 22 | |||
| 7. Number of written reports concerning individual patients made to | |||||
| (a) Public authorities | 349 | 191 | |||
| (b) Practitioners | 33 | 7 | |||
| 8. Number of specimens of sputum examined | 245 | 103 | |||
Pneumonia.
There were 109 cases of Pneumonia notified as being associated
with Influenza.