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Deptford 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Table XXII.
Metropolitan Borough of Deptford.
Return of work carried out in connection with the Tuberculosis Dispensary for
the year 1292.
| Number of | Examined for the first time during the year. | Found to be | Under observation at the Dispensary on Dec. 31, pending diagnosis. | Ceased attendance before completion of diagnosis, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suffering from Tuberculosis. | Not suffering from Tuberculosic. | |||||||
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pul-monary. | |||||||
| Adults | M | 149 | 50 | 2 | 87 | 8 | 2 | |
| F | 183 | 52 | 3 | 118 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Children under 15 | M | 155 | 0 | 6 | 144 | 4 | 1 | |
| F | 144 | 4 | 10 | 125 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Total | 631 | 106 | 21 | 474 | 25 | 5 | ||
| Adults | M | 32 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | |
| F | 48 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Children under 15 | M | 71 | 0 | 2 | 69 | 0 | 0 | |
| F | 80 | 1 | 3 | 76 | 0 | 0 | ||
| (c) Insured persons included in (a) | M | 122 | 37 | 1 | 76 | 6 | 2 | |
| F | 67 | 24 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 1 | ||
1 Number of patients under treatment or
supervision (excluding persons under
observation or domiciliary treatment)
on the 31st December 485
2 Total number of attend
ances of patients at the Insured 2137
Dispensary during the year Uninsured 2422
3 Number of persons placed during the
year under observation at the Dispensary
for the purpose of diagnosis 356
4 Number of cases in which the period
of observation at the Dispensary exceeded
two months 24
5 Number of insured patients under
domiciliary treatment on Dec. 31st.. 43
6 Number of reports received from
surance Practitioners in respect of
insured patients under domiciliary
treatment during the year 14
7 Number of persons referred to
ated hospital for consultation —
8 Number of consultations
with medical practition- Insured 2
ers at the homes of
patients Uninsured 6
9 Number of other visits paid by
Tuberculosis Officers to the homes
of patients 427
10 Number of visits paid by Nurses or
Health Visitors to the homes of
patients for dispensary purposes 3343
11 Number of specimens of sputum
amined in connection with the work
of the Dispensary 780
The work of the Tuberculosis Dispensary for 1922 is given herewith
on Table XXII. On the promotion of Dr. Donnelly, Dr. Harbison
was appointed Clinical Tuberculosis Officer. An extended statistical