London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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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171
Home Visits by Nurses:—

Table: TABLE 1.

TABLE 1.

Insured Persons1,208
Non-Insured Persons1,100
Total2,308

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During these visits 324 sputum flasks were distributed and 1,200
leaflets of instructions given to the patients. Two beds have also been
lent to necessitous cases.
The nurses report a marked all round improvement in the bedrooms
of the consumptive patients, and more care in the disposal of sputum.
308 reports have been forwarded to the public authorities, and 211
to private practitioners.
118 specimens of sputum were examined by the Public Analyst, of
which 20 were found positive.
Of the old cases 93 insured and 47 non-insured persons are kept
under supervision, attending periodically for the purpose.
The following table gives the number of patients discharged during
the year:—

Table: TABLE J.Discharges (Medical and Surgical).

TABLE J.

Discharges (Medical and Surgical).

Insured.Non-Insured
Arrested6283
Improved1318
"In statu quo"710
Moved away4034
Transfers to other districts1922
Ceased attending169
Domiciliary151
Refused treatment31
Totals177188

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The deaths of cases under the care of the Dispensary or who had
attended there numbered 140.