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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
Deptford 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Report of Tuberculosis Officer—continued.
Memo 37/t. Table I.
| 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):— | |||||||||||||
| 55 | 53 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 61 | 60 | 11 | 9 | 141 | |
| 9 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 36 | |||||||||
| (c) Non-tuberculous | 74 | 74 | 40 | 50 | 238 | ||||||||
| B.—Contacts examined during the year:— | |||||||||||||
| *(b) Doubtfully tuberculous | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||
| (c) Non-tuberculous | 25 | 46 | 74 | 57 | 202 | ||||||||
| C.—Cases written off the Dispensary Register as | |||||||||||||
| 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 41 | ||
| (b) Diagnosis not confirmed or non-tuberculous (including cancellation of cases notified in error) | 104 | 134 | 118 | 111 | 467 | ||||||||
| D.—Number of Persons on Dispensary Register on December 31st:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Diagnosis completed | 225 | 181 | 17 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 40 | 36 | 253 | 57 | 60 | 583 | |
| — | 10 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 49 | ||||||||
'Remaining undiagnosed 31st December.
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