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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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TABLE XI.
TABLE XI. Showing the Occupation of 100 Females who died from Tuberculosis in 1933.
| Artificial Flower Maker | 1 | Messenger, Gas Co. | 1 |
| Book Folder | 2 | No Occupation | 13 |
| Bird Cage Maker | 1 | Nurse | 1 |
| Bedding Manufacturer | 1 | Packer, Confectionery | 2 |
| Counter Hand | 1 | Printer's Assistant | 1 |
| Clerk | 4 | Rag Sorter | 1 |
| „ Insurance | 1 | School Child | 5 |
| Domestic Servant | 2 | Shorthand Typist | 5 |
| Forewoman, Blouse Factory | 1 | Sweet Boiler | 1 |
| Florist's Assistant | 1 | Shuttlecock Maker | 2 |
| Housewife. | 38 | Stock Keeper | 1 |
| Ironer | 1 | Shop Assistant | 2 |
| Laundry Hand | 1 | Student | 1 |
| Machinist | 3 | Under School Age | 3 |
| Music Hall Artist | 1 | Waitress | 1 |
| Milliner | 1 |
TABLE XII. Return showing the Work of the Dispensary during the year 1933.
| Diagnosis. | Pulmonary. | Nonpulmonary. | 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 | 91 | 48 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 95 | 57 | 11 | 8 | 171 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 6 | 3 | – | 19 |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 150 | 111 | 67 | 56 | 384 |
| B.—Contacts examined during the year:— | II | II | |||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 25 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 55 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 133 | 222 | 151 | 143 | 649 |
| C.—Cases written off the Dispensary Register as:— | I I | ||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | 2 | 3 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 4 | – | 1 | 8 |
| (b) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 293 | 341 | 220 | 199 | 1053 |
| D.—Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on December 3lst:— | I | I I | |||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 679 | 466 | 41 | 50 | 115 | 107 | 115 | 93 | 794 | 573 | 156 | 143 | 1666 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 30 |