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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
Camberwell 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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TABLE X.
Showing the Occupation of 102 Females who died from Tuberculosis 1932.
| Book Folder | 1 | Machinist | 1 |
| ,, Binder | 1 | Milliner | 1 |
| Bottler Washer | 1 | Matcher | 1 |
| Clerk | 6 | No Occupation | 10 |
| Cook | 1 | Packer | 2 |
| Draper's Assistant | 1 | School and Under school age | 13 |
| Domestic Servant | 1 | Shorthand Typist | 1 |
| Dressmaker | 1 | Typist | 1 |
| General Stores Assistant | 1 | Tinworker | 1 |
| Housewife | 45 | Telephonist, G.P.O | 1 |
| Hat Trimmer (Gent's.) | 1 | Waitress | 5 |
| Laundry Hand | 4 | ||
| Labeller | 1 | 102 |
The Nature and Extent of Co-operation with General and Special
Hospitals, School Clinics and other Institutions.
1. With General and Special Hospitals.—(a) King's College
Hospital. Including cases sent to the X-ray Department, 483
Dispensary patients were sent to Hospital in 1932 for an opinion
as to diagnosis, etc.
(b) Other Hospitals. Many of our patients when requested
to go to a Hospital for further examination and opinion asked to
be sent to the Hospitals they knew best, and so we sent patients
to the following Hospitals:—
St. Thomas's.
Guy's.
St. Bartholomew's.
Throat Hospital, Golden Square.
Brompton.
Grosvenor Hospital for Women.
Royal Waterloo Hospital for Women and Children.
Evelina.
Belgrave.
All Saints'.
Sick Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street.
TABLE XI.
Return showing the Work of the Dispensary during the year 1932.
| Diagnosis. | Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | Total. | Grand Total. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | ||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| A.—New Cases examined during the year (excluding contacts):— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 90 | 61 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 101 | 67 | 10 | 8 | 186 |
| (6) Diagnosis not completed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | 8 |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | - | - | - | — | - | - | - | - | 176 | 183 | 99 | 77 | 535 |
| B.—Contacts examined during the year:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 30 | 29 | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 31 | 4 | 6 | 72 |
| (6) Diagnosis not completed | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 4 | — | — | 11 |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 155 | 244 | 209 | 232 | 840 |
| C.—Cases written off the Dispensary Register as:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | 12 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 36 | 7 | 7 | 68 |
| lb) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases reviously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 354 | 442 | 312 | 310 | 1418 |
| D.—Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 674 | 468 | 39 | 50 | 115 | 105 | 109 | 90 | 789 | 573 | 148 | 140 | 1650 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 8 | 2 | - | 20 |