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Wandsworth 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Tuberculosis Dispensaries.
The districts of the Borough in which these 1,568 persons
resided, together with the authorities who recommended them
to attend, are given in Table XXVI.

Table: TABLE XXVI.

TABLE XXVI.

Recommended to attend Dispensary byClapham.Putney.Balham.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Totals.
Public Health Department68409971148110536
Private Practitioners7129134112157113616
Charitable Societies14—08181156
Other Dispensaries25911182128112
L.C.C. Schools221—51222
Ministry of Pensions——22——4
Existing Dispensary Patients———26412
Other Sources18233315377205
Totals1981032552444083551,563

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Contacts.—Of the 1,568 new cases examined, 382 were
contacts. 23 of these were found to be suffering from Tuberculosis.
Dispensary Register.—Table XXVII. shows the number
of cases remaining on the Dispensary Register at the end of
the year compared with the number at the end of the previous
year.

Table: TABLE XXVII.

TABLE XXVII.

TuberculosisRemaining 31st Dec., 19:0New CasesRemoved from RegisterRemaining on Register 31st Dec., 1931
Pulmonary11163233241115
Non-Pulmonary2924050282
Suspected cases5731233237
Totals1,4656757061,434