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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 1923
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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Table XXIV.
Metropolitan Borough of Deptford.
Return of work carried out in connection with the Tuberculosis Dispensary for the year 1923.
| Number of | Under observation at the Dispensay on Jan. 1st pending diagnosis. | Examined for the first time during the year. | Total. | Found to be | Under observation at the | Dispensary on Dec. 31. pending diagnosis. | Ceased attendance before completion of diagnosis. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suffering from Tuberculosis. | Not suffering from T uber-culosic. | |||||||||
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||||||
| (a) All persons (including "Contacts") | Adults | M | 8 | 139 | 147 | 57 | 6 | 73 | 6 | 5 |
| F | 8 | 241 | 249 | 43 | 5 | 192 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Children under 15 | M | 4 | 186 | 190 | 3 | 9 | 175 | 1 | 2 | |
| F | 5 | 195 | 200 | 6 | 14 | 178 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Total | • • | 25 | 761 | 786 | 108 | 34 | 618 | 14 | 12 | |
| Adults | M | 3 | 33 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 2 | |
| F | 2 | 98 | 99 | 5 | — | 94 | — | 1 | ||
| Children under 15 | M | 71 | 71 | — | 3 | 68 | — | — | ||
| F | - | 79 | 79 | — | 79 | — | - | |||
| M | 6 | 113 | 116 | 49 | 2 | 60 | 5 | 3 | ||
| F | 2 | 66 | 67 | 18 | 4 | 45 | — | 1 | ||
1 Number of patients under treatment or
supervision (excluding persons under
observation or domiciliary treatment)
on the 31st December 573
2 Total number of attend-,
ances of patients at the Insured 2147
Dispensary during the
year Uninsured 3344
3 Number of persons placed during the
year under observation at the Dispensary
for the purpose of diagnosis 319
4 Number of cases in which the period
of observation at the Dispensary exceeded
two months 48
5 Number of insured patients under
domiciliary treatment on Dec. 31st. 81
6 Number of reports received trom
surance Practitioners in respect of
insured patients under domiciliary
treatment during the year 2
7 Number of persons referred to
ated hospital for consultation —
8 Number of consultations
with medical practition- Insured.. 4
ers at the homes of
patients Uninsured 7
9 Number of other visits paid by
Tuberculosis Officers to the homes
of patients 380
10 Number of visits paid by Nurses or
Health Visitors to the homes of
patients for dispensary purposes 5079
11 Number of specimens of sputum
amined in connection with the work
of the Dispensary 665