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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
Camberwell 1941
Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell annual (abridged) report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1941
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| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total | Grand Total. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults | children. | Adults | Children. | Adults | Children. | ||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| B- Contacts examined during the year:- | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 15 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 16 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 38 |
| (b) Diagnosis not Completed | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 86 | 88 | 12 | 19 | 205 |
| C – Cases written off the Dispensary Register as:- | |||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | 6 | 4 | 3 | – | 3 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 3 | 40 |
| (b) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous) | 317 | 240 | 29 | 35 | 621 | ||||||||
| D- Number of Gases on Dispensary Register on December 31st:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 612 | 489 | 56 | 6l | 100 | 119 | 65 | 67 | 712 | 608 | 121 | 128 | 1569 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
1. Number of cases on Dispensary
2. Number of cases
ferred from other areas
Register on January Ist
1,61 V
and cases returned after
discharged under Head 3
in nrevio-us years.
94
3. Number of cases transferred
4, Cases written off during
to other areas, cases not
the year as Dead "(all
desirous of further
causes)
84
ance under the Scheme and
154
cases "lost sight of"
5. Number of attendances at the
TN J _ 1 -»o •
6. Number of insured
persons under domiciliary
Dispensary (Including
contacts)
treatment on 31st December
5,774
310
8. Number of visits by
7 Number of consultations with
1 .♦ -1 ilia • m »
Tberculosis Officers
medical practitioners'
(a) Personal
34
to homes (including
382
(b ) Other
2 .096
pergonal consultetions
9. Number of visits by Nurses
10. Number of:-
(a) Specimens of sputum
or Health Visitors to homes
Specimens of sputum
etc examined
for Dispensary purposes
5,997
465
(b) X-ray examinations
1,289
made in connect.!on
with dispensary vtorlz
11. Number of "recovered" cases
12, Number of " T.B. plus "
restored to Dispensary
cases on December 31st.
Register, and Included in
Register on December 31st.
A (a) and A (b) above
532