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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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TABLE XI. Showing the Occupation of 72 Females who died from Tuberculosis in 1934.
| Bookbinder | 1 |
| Bookfolder | 1 |
| Brass Filer | 1 |
| Clerk | 5 |
| Collar Turner | 1 |
| Corset Maker | 2 |
| Domestic Servant | 5 |
| Disc Maker | 1 |
| Dress Matcher | 1 |
| Factory Hand | 2 |
| Florist | 1 |
| Hairdresser | 1 |
| Housewife. | 27 |
| Laundry Hand | 1 |
| Machinist | 1 |
| Machine Minder | 1 |
| Mantle Maker | 1 |
| Milliner | 1 |
| No Occupation | 6 |
| Packer | 1 |
| Pastry Maker | 1 |
| School Child | 6 |
| Shop Assistant | 1 |
| Under School Age | 3 |
TABLE XII. Return showing the Work of the Dispensary during the Year 1934.
| 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 | 80 | 63 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 88 | 70 | 11 | 7 | 176 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 2 | 1 | – | 10 |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 160 | 177 | 65 | 30 | 432 |
| B.—Contacts examined during the year:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 25 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | – | 1 | 28 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 55 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 115 | 182 | 166 | 171 | 634 |
| C.—Cases written off the Dispensary Register as: | |||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | 3 | 2 | – | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | – | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| (b) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 288 | 371 | 235 | 202 | 1096 |
| D.—Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 653 | 481 | 43 | 53 | 114 | 109 | 118 | 92 | 767 | 590 | 161 | 145 | 1663 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 |