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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

Southwark 1916

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1916

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The total number of persons examined for the first time was 1,603,
an increase over the preceding year of 28. This number was made up as
follows:—

Table: TABLE A.

TABLE A.

Insured Persons (Males 266, Females 187)453
Non-Insured Persons (Children 937, Females 25, Men 188).1,150
Total1,603

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29.5 per cent, of these cases examined were found to be Tuberculous,
and affected as follows :—

Table: TABLE B.

TABLE B.

Suffering from Pulmonary Tuberculosis: — Insured Persons (Males 176, Females, 62).238
Non-Insured Persons (Males 10, Females 58, Children, 80).148
Total386

Table: TABLE C.Suffering from Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis (glands, joints, &c.): —

TABLE C.

Suffering from Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis (glands, joints, &c.): —

Insured Persons (Males 1, Females 2),3
Non-Insured Persons (Males 4, Females 8, Children 73).85
Total88

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962 contacts were examined most of whom were free from Tuberculosis,
and in several instances cases sent for examination and consultation
were found to have diseases other than tuberculosis, chiefly bronchitis,
asthma, or heart disease among adults, and debility and anaemia among
the children.