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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
Camberwell 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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On Table IX the supplemental returns for 1926 are allocated
to the Wards of the Borough.
TABLE IX.
| Wards. | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Grand Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females | Total. | ||
| 1 | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| 6 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| 7 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| 8 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – | 2 |
| 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 |
| 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 15 | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – | 2 |
| 16 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| 17 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 18 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 20 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
There is one Pulmonary Male of no fixed abode.
The number of cases of tuberculosis brought for the first
time to the notice of the Medical Officer of Health on the certificate
of death or by irregular notification after death is diminishing, as
will be seen by Table X. The number, however, is still far too
large. Apart from cases where the cause of death is ascertained
by autopsy to be tuberculosis unsuspected during life, there seems
no legitimate reason why the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulation,
1912, should not be strictly carried out. The difficulties
that have been suggested are not insurmountable.
TABLE X.
| Year. | Number of cases of Tuberculosis discovered by the Public Health Department after death. |
|---|---|
| 1921 | 88 |
| 1922 | 83 |
| 1923 | 73 |
| 1924 | 69 |
| 1925 | 69 |
| 1926 | 34 |