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Lambeth 1918

Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1918

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Table: TABLE I. Lambeth Municipal Tuberculosis Dispensaries Scheme. (Inaugurated by the Council, 1912.)Local Government Board Table—FORM R. Return as to Work carried out in connection with the Two Tuberculosis Dispensaries (Central and Branch) for the Period from January 1st to December 31st, 1918.

TABLE I. Lambeth Municipal Tuberculosis Dispensaries Scheme. (Inaugurated by the Council, 1912.)Local Government Board Table—FORM R. Return as to Work carried out in connection with the Two Tuberculosis Dispensaries (Central and Branch) for the Period from January 1st to December 31st, 1918.

Central Dispensary.Branch Dispensary.Totals.
Insured.Uninsured.Insured.Uninsured.
Males.FemalesChildr'n under 16.Adults.Males.FemalesChildr'n under 16.Adults.
Males.Females.Males.Females.
1. (a) Number of persons examined for the first time during the above period at or in connection with the Dispensaries2897514669108259158333401311608
(b) Number included under 1 (a) who were found to be suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis136341530289244101436439
(c) Number included under 1 (a) who were found to be suffering from non-pulmonary tuberculosis105561214656111162
(d) Number included under 1 (a) who were found to be non-tuberculous*6195510416940671643411
(e) Number included under 1 (a) in whom the diagnosis was found to be doubtful82272028378468200941596
Central Dispensary.Branch Dispensary.Totals.
Insured.Uninsured.Insured.Uninsured.
2. (a) Total attendances at the Dispensary (including attendances at the Dispensary of persons included under 1 (a) )235859033058371115030
(b) Number of the above attendances at which systematic physical examinations and records were made555762100214343753
3. Number of visits to patients at their own homes by the Dispensary Medical Officers in connection with the supervision of home conditions †-----
4. Number of visits to patients at their own homes by the Dispensary Nurses in connection with the supervision of home conditions and "following up"‡2203719899842564
5. Number of persons suffering from or suspected to be suffering from tuberculosis referred to the Hospital to which the Dispensary is affiliated14993141257
6. Number of consultations with the—
(a) Medical Adviser of the Insurance Committee-----
(b) Consulting Physicians at the Hospital to which the Dispensary is affiliated31--4
(c) Practitioners at the homes of patients-2--2
7. Number of written reports concerning individual patients made to—
(a) Public Authorities5172267061771626
(b) Practitioners471183172118944
8. Number of specimens examined236146120118620

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N.B.—The above table is prepared by the two Dispensary Tuberculosis Officers.
* From physical signs.
† Under the Lambeth Scheme, the Tuberculosis Medical Officer connected with the Branch Dispensary (St. Thomas's
Hospital) does not visit at the patients' own homes, such visit to be paid, as required, by the Medical Officer connected
with the Central Dispensary (73 Effra Road, Brixton).
‡ The figures for the Central Dispensary are visits paid by the Council's Official Tuberculosis Nurse attached to the dispensary,
and those for the Branch Dispensary are visits paid by visitors attached to the Lady Almoner's Department of St. Thomas's
Hospital in connection with Dispensary patients' homes. Other visits, in addition, were made during 1918 by the Council's Official
Health Visitors to houses, wherein tuberculous persons were notified, as follows:—(a) area covered by the Central Dispensary.
934; (b) area covered by the Branch Dispensary, 832, making a total of 1766 (1360 visits and 406 re-visits).