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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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| Central Dispensary | Branch Dispensary | Combined Totals. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insured | Not Insured. | Insured. | Not Insured. | ||||||||
| Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | Total. | ||
| (b) Unfit for work | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |||||
| Fit for work and not remaining so | 3 | — | - | — | 3 | 1 | - | — | — | 1 | 4 |
| Not fit for work and remaining so | 1 | — | - | — | 1 | — | - | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| (c) Deaths | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 3. Tuberculin (Remedial) | 18 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 46 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 70 |
| (a) Fit for work | 12 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 51 |
| Fit for work and remaining so | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 39 |
| Not fit for work but becoming fit | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 12 |
| (b) Unfit for work | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 4 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Fit for work and not remaining so | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Not fit for work and remaining so | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 4 |
| (c) Deaths | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Total Cases found to be unsuitable lor Tuberculin | 5 | 2 | — | 3 | 10 | 10 | |||||
| Cases sent to Poor Law Institutions | 4 | — | — | 1 | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
Patients who were reported upon in 1913, and who have also attended during 1914 for treatment at the Dispensaries.