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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
Battersea 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough.
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The following table gives the age and sex distribution of the 94 women and children (non-dispensary cases) notified to be suffering from Tuberculosis (all forms) during 1929:— Age and Sex Distribution.
| 0-1 | 1-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-20 | 20-25 | 25-35 | 35-45 | 45-55 | 55-65 | 65 upwards | All ages | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | M. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| F. | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 50 | |
| Tubercular Meningitis | M. | 1 | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| F. | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | |
| Other Forms | M. | - | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| F. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 15 | |
| Total | M. | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 |
| F. | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 70 | |
| Grand Total | 4 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 94 | |
The home conditions of 87 of these cases were investigated. In
the majority of cases the sanitary state of the home was found to
be satisfactory, the average number of persons per room being 1.3
In 6 cases, however, the conditions were found to be unsatisfactory
the patient's family occupying only a single room.
Of the new cases notified during the year 59 were receiving
hospital, sanatorium, or other form of institutional treatment at
the time of notification.
At the end of 1929 there were 192 women and children nondispensary
patients (a decrease of 232 as compared with 1928),
including new cases notified during the year, on the register, and
1,248 visits were paid by the female Sanitary Inspector (Miss J.
Round) to the homes of these patients, including a number of those
removed from the Register during the year (many of these having
been written off as recovered, vide p. 57).
Efforts are made, in as many cases as possible, to induce non
dispensary patients to attend the Tuberculosis Dispensary, and
during the year, 55 cases were transferred, 33 of these being new cases.
Adult Male Patients.
There were 124 adult male patients not on the Dispensary roll
on the register at the end of 1929. There were 77 new cases notified
during 1929, and of these 23 died during the year.