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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
Lambeth 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Tables I. to VIII.—
| Central Dispensary. | Branch Dispensary. | Combined Totals. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insured. | Not Insured. | Total. | Insured. | Not Insured. | Total. | ||||||
| Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | ||||
| Miner | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Musician | 1 | - | 2 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 5 |
| Newsagent | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 3 | 4 |
| N urse | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| Packer | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 6 |
| Paper Maker | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Pavior | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Post Office Employees | - | - | 2 | - | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 6 |
| Potter | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| Printer | 3 | - | 1 | - | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | 8 | 12 |
| Railway Employees | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | 7 |
| Royal Marine | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| School Children | - | - | 10 | 11 | 21 | - | - | 10 | 7 | 17 | 38 |
| Servant | 3 | 19 | - | 1 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 32 |
| Sewerman | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Shoemaker | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| Shop Assistant | 5 | - | 3 | - | 8 | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | 11 |
| Stoker | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Stone Mason | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Continued from previous page...
| Teacher | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Tinsmith | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Traveller | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | |
| Typist | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Waiter or Waitress | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||
| Warehouseman | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | |
| Welder | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Window Cleaner | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| No Occupation | - | - | 2 | 4 | 6 | - | - | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 | |
| Totals | 70 | 40 | 31 | 50 | 191 | 104 | 45 | 24 | 122 | 295 | 488 | |
| Dispensary Patients. | Others. | Total. | Dispensary Patients. | Others. | Total. | Combined Totals. | ||||||
| TABLE VIII. | ||||||||||||
| III.—Visits paid to homes of Patients by Tuberculosis Officers.1 | ||||||||||||
| (a) Medical Officer † | 190 | 22 | - | - | - | 212 | ||||||
| (b) Nurses or Visitors † | 264 | 197 | 218 | - | 218 | 679 | ||||||
* N.B.—The Tuberculosis Medical Officer attached to the Branch Dispensary, St. Thomas' Hospital, does not visit at
patients' Homes, but the Lady Almoner (connected with the Hospital) does, reporting direct to the Medical
Officer of Health on the official report cards.
† Prior to the opening of the Central Dispensary to the Public on July 23rd, 1913, the Tuberculosis Medical Officer
(attached to that Dispensary) made 632 visits (i.e., from the time of his commencing his duties on May 1st, 1913),
and the Tuberculosis Nurse (attached to that Dispensary), 156 visits i.e., from the time of her commencing her
duties on June, 19th, 1913). These figures are in addition to those given above.
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