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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 1939
Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell annual (abridged) report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1939
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| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults | Children. | Adults | Children. | Adults | Children. | Grand Total. | |||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| (b) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous).......... | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 336 | 352 | 109 | 113 | 910 |
| D – Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st:- | 649 | 497 | 54 | 52 | 114 | 128 | 90 | 77 | 763 | 625 | 144 | 129 | 1661 |
| (a) Definitely tuberculous ....... | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed......... | |||||||||||||
| 1. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st ... | 1,618 | 2. Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years ... | 105 |
| 3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assistance under the scheme and cases "lost sight of" ... ... .... ... | 132 | 4. Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes) ... ... ... | 112 |
| 5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts) ... ... ... | 5,772 | 6. Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st December ... ... ... | 297 |
| 7. Number of consultations with medical practitioners:- | 305 | 8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to homes (including personal consultations | 515 |
| (a) Personal ... ... | 905 | ||
| (b) Other ... ... ... | |||
| 9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to homes for Dispensary purposes ... | 7,387 | 10. Number of:- | 865 |
| (a) Specimens of sputum etc. examined ... | 1,452 | ||
| (b) X-ray examination made in connection with dispensary work | |||
| 11. Number of "Recovered" cases restored to Dispensary Register, and included in A(a) and A(b) above ... ... | 4 | 12. Number of "T.B. plus" cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st ... ... ... | 650 |
HOSPITAL CONSULTATION. The L.C.C. renewed the appointment of the Tuberculosis
Officer as Honorary Consultant Tuberculosis Officer to St. Giles'
Hospital and 244 cases were seen there in consultation with the Hospital
Medical Officer.
ARTIFICIAL PNEUMOTHORAX. A total of 612 refill treatments were
given by the Tuberculosis Officer at the St. Giles' Hospital clinic
(compared with 401 in 1938 and nil in 1937). There were also 751 refills
carried out at various other hospitals.
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