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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
Bermondsey 1923
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1923
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TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY.
Number of Primary Notifications
461
Number of Deaths (all forms)
175
Death Rate per annum
1.43
Number of cases admitted to Sanatorium
229
Total number of attendances
5,652
Total number of examinations (including new
cases, re-examinations and contacts)
3,435
Total number of new patients
538
Number of nurses' home visits
4,162
Number of doctors' home visits
66
Number of contacts examined
443
Number of reports to public authorities
1,182
Number of letters to doctors
390
Number of sputum examinations
923
Number of X-ray examinations
81
No. of beds on loan
11
TUBERCULOSIS.
New Cases.
Deaths.
Pulmonary.
Non-
Pulmonary.
Pulmonary.
Non-
Pulmonary.
Age Periods.
M.
M.
F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
F.
1
1
-
1
1
1
1
0
-
4
4
1
1
13
1
1
2
-
5
4
4
13
19
3
1
1
1
7
10
3
4
8
2
5
1
1
26
11
2
15
12
5
4
8
-
21
22
1
4
1
1
20
7
11
25
32
34
1
16
6
15
-
21
-
1
35
36
4
1
13
1
14
45
20
5
27
7
2
1
-
2
-
1
55
4
10
14
9
5
1
1
65 and upwards
8
7
2
-
-
-
-
159
129
88
8
50
48
13
71
TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY.
| Number of Primary Notifications | 461 |
| Number of Deaths (all forms) | 175 |
| Death Rate per annum | 1.43 |
| Number of cases admitted to Sanatorium | 229 |
| Total number of attendances | 5,652 |
| Total number of examinations (including new cases, re-examinations and contacts) | 3,435 |
| Total number of new patients | 538 |
| Number of nurses' home visits | 4,162 |
| Number of doctors' home visits | 66 |
| Number of contacts examined | 443 |
| Number of reports to public authorities | 1,182 |
| Number of letters to doctors | 390 |
| Number of sputum examinations | 923 |
| Number of X-ray examinations | 81 |
| No. of beds on loan | 11 |
TUBERCULOSIS.
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | – | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | 12 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 2 | – |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | 32 | 34 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 15 | – | – |
| 35 | 36 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 1 |
| 45 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 5 | – | – |
| 55 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 65 and upwards | 8 | 1 | – | – | 7 | 2 | – | – |
| 159 | 129 | 50 | 48 | 88 | 71 | 13 | 8 | |