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London County Council 1917

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Tuberculosis Dispensaries—Analysis of Returns in 1917.

Borough.Examined for the first time.No. included under (2). Suffering from Pulmonary Tuberculosis.No. included under (2). Suffering from Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis.No. included under (2). Found to be Non-Tuberculous.No. included under - when Diagnosis Doubtful.Total Attendances at Dispensary, including those under column 2.Attendances included in column 7 at which systematic examination and records were made.Visits to homes made by Dispensary Medical Officers.Visits to homes made by Dispensary Nurses.Referred to hospitals to which Dispensary affiliated.Specimens of sputum examined.
Insured.Uninsured.Insured.Uninsured.Insured.Uninsured.Insured.Uninsured.Insured.Uninsured.Insured.UninsuredInsured.Uninsured.Insured.Uninsured.Insured.Uninsured.Insured.Un-insured.Insured.Un in. sured.
M.F.M.F.Chldn.M.F.M.F.Chldn.M.F.MF.Chldn.M.F.M.F.Chldn.M.F.M.F.Chldn.
City of London79332992429712121.........1382311619113622133961422012941113†196†1078429
Battersea34392232457661302254212511...36148337141380643611592551500[484836465514654647420741312353
Bermondsey2085518792741183183037441...294210525121441042487123068644419934109111496...111478
Bethnal Green (a)7020122768419812_1_725721453342181991781001284277221
Camborwell5491601173741157237774 0899312356106168364172622132442310733642292044215523971—25 56h—7376136(g)96(g)
Chelsea (b)522816601122512111712...161484328113811013272518......13220535......70108
Deptford197473111438810722144381...4293482101547225811...15481492374547076329251221267142226986
Finsbury1384224461989224152432............1026136181352053421712115724541743705465766532
Fulham260128472277501114215506532......8735415117454733017602231052652850114961517457271977_202214
Greenwich1374912794511032353443............57251551922591122612611506173262669116529282058666
Hackney47331415337698321273764531108125121220159296819393217338234454160115719361684120712805136565229
Hammersmith (i)...............................................................................................................
Hampstead7436606015353243730925441814711221145...8412348133418053641137619301109497
Holbom99233317322613762............128191134591710166526042642051154458236443 !
Islington (c)5131321061564262946760704581132418148386529530167186230273543874103812612911241222_2148941
Kensington13573408726855301422362328461816289032221035134124847032535511214825711578150211
Lambeth (e)5202179030046519172316130101931719014368151231501765841999551318134130116939731029dl18122419236
e237367
Lewisham1564543702347723112894518286916293018661241185914562013471719995117410136849
Padding ton21011756122356732682230113550836035591754328133410119495769311791171357706352316466449
Poplar19658573128268532197247221814214198731467101915238498389642761439248713388716186183
St. Marylebone15182547818374351924406712g4426193455281315187915282828247;15 462334299139791313874
St. Pancras25085658926517852425453653235g1038495818172512814342989551990553343097835618666
Shoreditch2191044311939213141272231121356511272283: 31104256523074682550130151767131310......14377
Southwark3722383719489122171146485353_76118141151186663023510643798351512131151121213321416...147537
Stepney (j)............................................................................................................
Stoke Newington61917184032587811_172116510723515319438106110_1462201245109
Wandsworth25097832045851575644503456_2236627281355032281117252883948660514279...757120928151175
W eatminster1868337693438647153135233226451572718753181299588814645731038461517121780319929
Woolwich32220166185707135541643673197201910872238441276562038209327952171138203222621451010175119464

(a) Bethnal Green Dispensary opened 1st October, 1917. (b) Chelsea—April to December, 1917. (c) Islington Northern Dispensary opened 1st May, 1917. (d) Records have not distinguished between insured and uninsured.
(e) The figures supplied from this Branch Dispensary are for six months. (J) In addition 53 visits were made to insured and uninsured persons for nursing purposes. (g) Only refers to sputum rent to borough bacteriologist for examination.
(h) This number is incomplete. (i) No scheme in operation in 1917. Provision of municipal dispensary approved by the London County Council, May, 1918.
(j) Scheme of borough council approved by London County Council, May, 1918. Work previously done by three voluntary dispensaries now included in Scheme of borough council.