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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 1925
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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| 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 Tuberculosis. | |||||||||
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||||||
| (a) All persons (including "Contacts") | Adults | M | 11 | 190 | 201 | 72 | 2 | 97 | 12 | 18 |
| F | 8 | 185 | 193 | 46 | 5 | 117 | 10 | 15 | ||
| Children under 15 | M | 4 | 151 | 155 | 3 | 13 | 123 | 8 | 8 | |
| F | 6 | 107 | 113 | 5 | 7 | 95 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Total | .. | 29 | 633 | 662 | 126 | 27 | 432 | 32 | 45 | |
| (b) "Contacts" included in (a) | Adults | M | 1 | 37 | 38 | 2 | — | 32 | 1 | 3 |
| F | 5 | 36 | 41 | 6 | — | 33 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Children under 15 | M | 1 | 51 | 52 | — | 3 | 47 | 1 | 1 | |
| F | 1 | 29 | 30 | 2 | — | 27 | 1 | — | ||
| (c) Insured persons ineluded in (a) | M | 8 | 155 | 163 | 57 | 2 | 77 | 11 | 16 | |
| F | 4 | 61 | 65 | 22 | 3 | 28 | 4 | 8 | ||
1 Number of patients under treatment or
supervision (excluding persons under
observation or domiciliary treatment)
on the 31st December 707
2 Total number of
ances of patients at the} Insured 2248
Dispensary during the
year } Uninsured 3542
3 Number of persons placed under
vation at the Dispensary during the
year for the purpose of diagnosis 214
4 Number of cases in which the period
of observation at the Dispensary exceeded
two months 123
5 Number of insured patients under
domiciliary treatment on Dec. 31st 211
6 Number of reports received trom
surance Practitioners in respect of
insured patients under domiciliary
treatment during the year 13
7 Number of parsons referred to
ated hospital for consultation —
8 Number of consultations
with medical practition-} Insured 18
ers at the homes of
patients }Uninsured 49
9 Number of other visits paid by
Tuberculosis Officer to the homes
of patients 262
10 Number of visits paid by Nurses or
Health Visitors to the homes of
patients for dispensary purposes 4139
11 Number of specimens of sputum
amined in connection with the work
of the Dispensary 913