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Camberwell 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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ANALYSIS OF PATIENTS DEALT WITH BY THE DISPENSARY FOR DIAGNOSIS IN 1923.
Found to be
Under observation
at the
Dispensary
on Dee. 31st
pending
diagnosis.
Examined
for the first
time during
the year.
Total.
Ceased
attendance
before
completion
of
diagnosis.
Number of
Under observation
at the
Dispensary
on Jan. 1st
pending
diagnosis.
Suffering from
Tuberculosis
Not suffering
from
Tuberculosis.
Non-Pulmonary.
Pulmonary.
12
266
19
(a) All persons (in-cluding
"Contacts.")
M.
32
472
504
184
23
Adults
114
20
F.
37
527
564
19
393
18
467
477
10
24
433
7
3
Children
under 15
M.
10
F.
406
4
7
438
445
17
18
-
1,904
1,990
325
84
1,498
44
39
Total
86
4
M.
7
74
81
8
4
62
3
(b) "Contacts" (included
in (a) ).
Adults
219
7
1
206
4
1
F.
8
211
Children
under 15
264
3
1
M.
5
268
273
1
4
F.
7
278
285
4
4
277
-
-
c) Insured persons
(included in (a)).
M.
406
143
17
220
16
10
32
374
136
13
8
F.
24
185
209
47
5
ANALYSIS OF PATIENTS DEALT WITH BY THE DISPENSARY FOR DIAGNOSIS IN 1923.
| Number of | Under observation at the Dispensary on Jan. 1st pending diagnosis. | Examined for the first time during the year. | Total. | Found to be | Under observation at the Dispensary on Dee. 31st pending diagnosis. | Ceased attendance before completion of diagnosis. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suffering from Tuberculosis | Not suffering from Tuberculosis. | |||||||||
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||||||
| (a) All persons (in-cluding "Contacts.") | Adults | M. | 32 | 472 | 504 | 184 | 23 | 266 | 19 | 12 |
| F. | 37 | 527 | 564 | 114 | 19 | 393 | 18 | 20 | ||
| Children under 15 | M. | 10 | 467 | 477 | 10 | 24 | 433 | 7 | 3 | |
| F. | 7 | 438 | 445 | 17 | 18 | 406 | – | 4 | ||
| Total | 86 | 1,904 | 1,990 | 325 | 84 | 1,498 | 44 | 39 | ||
| (b) "Contacts" (included in (a) ). | Adults | M. | 7 | 74 | 81 | 8 | 4 | 62 | 3 | 4 |
| F. | 8 | 211 | 219 | 7 | 1 | 206 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Children under 15 | M. | 5 | 268 | 273 | 1 | 4 | 264 | 3 | 1 | |
| F. | 7 | 278 | 285 | 4 | 4 | 277 | – | – | ||
| c) Insured persons (included in (a)). | M. | 32 | 374 | 406 | 143 | 17 | 220 | 16 | 10 | |
| F. | 24 | 185 | 209 | 47 | 5 | 136 | 13 | 8 | ||