Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., of the Borough for the year1919
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 83
Table LIII. gives the number of new cases living in each of the
five sub-districts, and shows on whose recommendation they made
the first appearance. 209 were sent up by private practitioners.
Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | Outside Borough. | Totals. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Public Health Department | 83 | 24 | 122 | 111 | 227 | _ | 567 |
London Insurance Committee | 10 | 8 | 18 | 9 | 21 | _ | 66 |
Private Practitioners | 24 | 8 | 44 | 51 | 80 | 2 | 209 |
Charitable Societies | 1 | — | 3 | 19 | 10 | - | 33 |
Transfers from other Dispensaries | 12 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 42 |
London County Council | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 36 | — | 79 |
Existing Dispensary Patients | 41 | 10 | 48 | 82 | 227 | 8 | 416 |
War Pensions Committees | 23 | 11 | 28 | 66 | 47 | — | 175 |
Other sources | 14 | 7 | 14 | 33 | 66 | 1 | 135 |
Totals | 217 | 83 | 298 | 388 | 724 | 12 | 1,722 |
Table LIV. gives the age grouping of all the patients who
attended for the first time in 1919, showing the number found to
be tuberculous at each age period.
Table LV. gives the same grouping for the contacts only,
and shows that 32 out of 516 contacts were found to be tuberculous,
only seven of these being under the age of 15. All contacts
are examined at the Dispensaries, and there were 167 more than
in 1918.