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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 1947
Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell annual (abridged) report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1947
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The total number of cases on the notification Register at the end
of the year was 1,945, i.e., 1,627 respiratory and 318 non-respiratory.
The ratio of non-notified deaths to the total number of deaths was
1 to 5.2.
WORK OF THE TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY DURING 1947.
| Diagnosis | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total | Grand Total. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults | Children | Adults | Children | Adults | Children | ||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| A- New Cases examined during the year (excluding contacts):- | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely Tuberculous | 178 | 153 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 185 | 165 | 29 | 19 | 398 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 134 | 125 | 29 | 22 | 310 |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 878 | 813 | 113 | 122 | 1926 |
| B- Contacts examined during the year:- | / | ||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 7 | 7 | 12 | 4 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 33 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 16 | 30 | 33 | 92 |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 169 | 257 | 93 | 102 | 621 |
| C- Cases written off the Dispensary Register as:- | |||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | 10 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 42 |
| (b) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous). | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1052 | 1072 | 206 | 224 | 2554 |
| D- Number of cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st:- | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 735 | 667 | 106 | 83 | 84 | 124 | 40 | 64 | 819 | 791 | 146 | 147 | 1903 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 147 | 141 | 59 | 55 | 402 |