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Lambeth 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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ADDEN DUM—continued.
Transfers of Patients to other Special Hospital Departments.
Of the 799 new patients attending the Tuberculosis Department, 431 were referred or transferred for
opinion or treatment to the following Special Hospital Departments:—
Dental 150 Medical 35 Gynaecological 20 Others 19
Larygological 70 Surgical 21 Ophthalmic 17
X Ray 70 In-patients 21 Skin 8 Total 431
N.B. A special ward (10 beds) for diagnosis and treatment is attached to the Tuberculosis Department
and from June (when the ward was opened) up to the end of the year 1913, the following patients
have been dealt with:—
1. Diagnosis 20 (positive 16, negative 4)
2. Treatment 23 (1 death)
Hospital Lady Almoner's Department.
Houses visited :
Houses visited regularly by Lady Almoner's staff 478
Houses visited by other Agencies 331
Houses not visited (common lodging houses, eases for opinion only, &c.) 77