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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 1924
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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Metropolitan Borough of Deptford.
Return of work carried out in connection with the Tuberculosis Dispensary for the year 1924.
| Number of | Under observation at the Dispensary 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 Tuber-culosis. | |||||||||
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||||||
| (a) All persons (including "Contacts ") | Adults. | M | 6 | 156 | 162 | 62 | 5 | 82 | 11 | 2 |
| F | 5 | 185 | 190 | 39 | 7 | 132 | 8 | 4 | ||
| Children under 15 | M | 1 | 161 | 162 | 1 | 13 | 140 | 4 | 4 | |
| F | 2 | 131 | 133 | 4 | 8 | 113 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Total | .. | 14 | 633 | 647 | 106 | 33 | 467 | 29 | 12 | |
| (b) "Contacts" included in (a) | Adults | M | 1 | 38 | 39 | 7 | — | 30 | 1 | 1 |
| F | — | 58 | 58 | 7 | 1 | 44 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Children under 15 | M | — | 48 | 48 | 1 | 4 | 41 | 1 | 1 | |
| F | — | 49 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 1 | — | ||
| M | 5 | 119 | 124 | 40 | 4 | 71 | 8 | 1 | ||
| F | — | 60 | 60 | 16 | 2 | 36 | 4 | 2 | ||
1 Number of patients under treatment or
supervision (excluding persons under
observation or domiciliary treatment)
on the 81st December 511
2 Total number of
ances of patients at the
Dispensary during the
year Insured 2027 Uninsured 3510
3 Number of persons placed during the
year under observation at the Dispensary
for the purpose of diagnosis 271
4 Number of cases in which the period
of observation at the Dispensary exceeded
two months 69
5 Number of insured patients under
domiciliary treatment on Dec. 31st 39
6 Number of reports received from
surance Practitioners in respect of
insured patients under domiciliary
treatment during the year 17
7 Number of persons referred to
ated hospital for consultation -
8 Number of consultations
with medical practition-
ers at the homes of patients Insured 15
Uninsured 27
9 Number of other visits paid by
Tuberculosis Officers to the homes
of patients 331
10 Number of visits paid by Nurses or
Health Visitors to the homes of
patients for dispensary purposes 4571
11 Number of specimens of sputum
amined in connection with the work
of the Dispensary 709