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London County Council 1935

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

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Table: The following is a summary, for purposes of comparison, of certain sections of the foregoing table :—Table 62.

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The following is a summary, for purposes of comparison, of certain sections of the foregoing table :—

Table 62.

Metropolitan borough	Deaths from tuberculosis		Ratio of cases on dispensary register to cases on notification register	Number per 100 deaths from tuberculosis in the borough					Total attendances per case on register	Tuberculosis officers' visits per case on register	Total consultations per case on register	Nurses' visits per case on register	X-rav examinations
	Actual	Per 1,000 inhabitants		Definitely tuberculous per. sonson dispensary register.	T.B ‡ cases on dispensary register	Examinations							per 100 new cases and contacts	per 100 new cases
						New cases.	Contacts
							Adults	Children
							Battersea	126							.85	.97	635	313	457	75	104	4.3	.37	.37	4.4	25.4	35.4
Bermondsey	108	1.05	.89	758	301	419	168	262	4.5	115	.36	3.3	63.6	128.9
Bethnal Green	63	.63	.58	1,144	433	684	180	120	4.9	.20	.33	4.4	68.9	99.3
Camberwell	192	.82	.80	871	400	351	173	189	3.5	.35	.35	5.5	55.2	112.2
Chelsea	41	.72	.89	749	304	953	136	163	7.1	.15	.30	11.0	100.8	132.5
Peptford	89	.9	.73	555	296	438	58	77	4.5	.36	.17	6.7	37.0	48.5
Finsbury	54	.5	.60	812	377	364	103	162	4.7	.37	.56	5.0	44.0	76.1
Fulham	128	.89	.43	585	268	528	111	87	5.9	.59	1.18	3.9	37.6	51.8
Greenwich	78	.81	.82	678	323	571	98	88	4.5	.26	.56	5.7	90.0	119.5
Hackney	139	.66	.67	897	387	501	185	125	4.4	.25	.83	2.3	52.4	84.9
Hammersmith	119	.93	.76	673	318	328	215	186	3.0	.37	.97	4.6	24.3	54.0
Hampstead	38	.2	.51	573	302	328	86	78	4.2	.08	.46	5.5	45.2	68.0
Holborn	30	.5	.70	753	393	153	103	93	2.9	.27	.48	4.4	41.0	93.5
Islington	222	.3	.59	610	316	332	113	107	5.9	.28	.48	4.7	46.9	78.0
Kensington	89	.49	.83	707	322	402	158	174	2.9	.10	.37	3.4	18.2	33.2
Lambeth	218	.78	.58	627	292	355	153	131	4.7	.62	1.32	3.2	92.6	166.8
Lewisham	147	.66	.64	663	384	246	55	86	3.1	.39	.48	4.9	20.8	32.8
Paddington	88	.63	.6	989	283	900	138	135	7.9	.51	.31	6.2	25.8	33.7
Poplar	130	.90	.73	597	334	409	205	218	7.6	.75	.37	8.2	25.6	52.1
St. Marylebone	72	.78	.49	572	290	267	68	75	5.6	.32	.25	4.7	30.5	46.9
St. Pancras	139	.75	.63	505	289	279	114	82	4.6	.05	.27	6.8	29.8	50.8
Shoreditch	76	.86	.42	818	352	578	143	168	5.9	.25	.22	4.5	28.1	43.2
Southwark	146	.93	.41	416	249	204	103	103	4.8	.56	.35	6.4	18.8	37.8
Stepney	170	.80	.88	1,014	467	382	138	184	3.3	.11	.10	30	16.4	30.2
Stoke Newington	39	.77	.71	546	300	348	197	141	5.6	.36	1.53	6.5	30.2	59.6
Wandsworth	249	.72	.66	553	322	387	73	75	3.5	.63	1.24	3.0	16.8	23.2
Westminster	70	.56	.44	935	300	521	64	90	3.7	.11	.57	51	16.5	21.4
Woolwich	136	.93	.90	647	242	518	188	148	5.9	.46	1.34	5.6	58 5	96.6
London (excluding City)	3,196	.76	.66	693	327	412	129	131	4.6	.39	.58	4.7	42.5	69.3

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Tuberculosis
contact
scheme.
The tuberculosis contact scheme was put into operation on 1st April, 1925,
and provides:—
(a) for the removal of children from heavily infected and overcrowded homes
occupied by a member of the family suffering from advanced tuberculosis ;
(b) for the boarding.out of children who cannot otherwise be satisfactorily
provided for while their mothers are undergoing residential treatment for
tuberculosis.
With regard to (b), it is also found that the boarding-out of children is sometimes
necessary in cases where the patient is a widower.
The scheme is carried out through the Invalid Children's Aid Association,
who secure suitable homes, make all arrangements for the admission and discharge
of children referred to them by the county medical officer of health, and keep them
under supervision during the time they are boarded out. The Association also
arrange for the homes to be periodically inspected.
The scheme continued to operate satisfactorily during 1935 with the co-operation
of the Association.
There were 226 applications during 1935, concerning 369 children, of whom 252
were accepted, the remaining 117 being withdrawn or regarded as unsuitable. At the
end of the year 107 children were being maintained under this scheme.
The total number of children dealt with (252) is an increase over that for the
previous year (246). The number still being cared for at the end of the year (107)
is 33 less than the previous year's figure.
Reference was made in last year's annual report (pp. 51-53) to an investigation
conducted by Dr. F. J. Bentley, divisional medical officer, as to the proportion of
cases of tuberculosis in which there had been known intimate association with a
" Contact "
investigation

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