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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 1925
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1925
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RETURN AS TO WORK CARRIED OUT IN CONNECTION WITH THE TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY FOR THE YEAR 1925.
| Number of | Under observation at the Dispensary on Jan. 1st pending diagnosis. | Examined for the first time during the year. | Total. | Found to be | Under observation at the Dipensary on Dec. 31st pending diagnosis. | Ceased attendence before completion of diagnosis. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suffering from Tuberculosis. | Not suffering from Tuberculosis. | |||||||||
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary, | |||||||||
| (a) All persons (including "Contacts.") | Adults M. | 7 | 177 | 184 | 83 | 8 | 84 | 2 | 7 | |
| F. | 6 | 246 | 252 | 65 | 7 | 172 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Children under 15 | M. | 7 | 267 | 274 | 5 | 23 | 240 | 3 | 3 | |
| F. | 5 | 228 | 233 | 6 | 11 | 213 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Total | 25 | 918 | 943 | 159 | 49 | 709 | 12 | 14 | ||
| (b) "Contacts" included in (a)). | Adults M | – | 24 | 24 | – | – | 24 | – | – | |
| F. | – | 81 | 81 | – | – | 81 | – | – | ||
| Children under 15 | M. | 1 | 172 | 173 | 1 | 2 | 169 | – | 1 | |
| F. | – | 156 | 156 | 1 | – | 155 | – | – | ||
| (c) Insured persons (included in (a)) | M. | 6 | 164 | 170 | 78 | 7 | 77 | 2 | 6 | |
| F. | 5 | 102 | 107 | 38 | 3 | 62 | 2 | 2 | ||
1. Number of patients under treatment or supervision,
excluding persons under observation or domiciliary
treatment on the 31st December 962
6. Number of reports received from Insurance Practitioners
in respect of insured patients under domiciliary treatment
during the year 287
7. Number of persons referred to affiliated hospital for
consultation 196
2. Total number of attendances of insured patients at the
Dispensary during the year 1846
8. Number of consultations: with medical practitioners
at the homes of insured patients 26
Number of consultations with medical practitioners at
the homes of uninsured patients 12
Total number of attendances of uninsured patients at
the Dispensary during the year 7617
3. Number of persons placed during the year under observation
at the Dispensary for the purpose of diagnosis 227
9. Number of other visits paid by Tuberculosis Officers
to the homes of patients 58
4. Number of cases in which the period of observation
at the Dispensary exceeded two months 22
10. Number of visits paid by Nurses or Health Visitors
to the homes of patients for dispensary purposes 4695
5. Number of insured patients under domiciliary treatment
on December 31st 414
11. Number of specimens of sputum examined in connection
with the work of the Dispensary 1151