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Southwark 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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Disinfection was carried out as follows:—
TABLE 52.
| No. 1. | No. 2. | No. 3. | No. 4. | No. 5. | No. 6. | No. 7. | No. 8. | No. 9. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disinfected | 37 | 24 | 41 | 36 | 19 | 24 | 29 | 12 | 21 | 243 |
WORK OF THE TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY.
I have received the following report from Dr. Crowe, your Clinical
Tuberculosis Officer.
The work of the Dispensary was carried out as usual during the
year, sessions being held as follow:—
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Saturday
9.30—12.
Tuesday
Thursday
6—8 p.m.
The number of new cases examined and the total number of
attendances, etc., at the Dispensary will be found in Table 53.
Increased efficiency in the administrative work of the Dispensary
has been evolved by (a) abolishing one session for patients and in its
stead special visits made to the homes of domiciliary cases by the
Clinical Tuberculosis Officer; (b) visits to special cases sent by general
practitioners; (c) special reports to Medical Officer of Health in cases of
T.B. where overcrowding conditions exist, with a view to better
housing conditions; (d) the establishment of a handicraft centre.
In this connection, 188 patients were visited in their homes, and 31
cases revewed for rehousing.
The Handicrafts Centre established under the auspices of the
Tuberculosis Care Committee for the benefit of discharged T.B. patients,
who, by reason of the state of the industrial market, and also on
account of their illness, are unable to obtain employment, and therefore