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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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1. Number of cases on Dispensary
Register on
January 1st 1,696
7. Number of consultations
with medical practitioners:—
(a) Personal 46
(6) Other 580
2. Number of cases transferred
from other areas
and cases returned after
discharge under Head 3
in previous years 64
8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis
Officers to homes
(including personal consultations) 424
9. Number of visits by Nurses
or Health Visitors to
homes for Dispensary
purposes 9,009
3. Number of cases transferred
to other areas,
cases not desiring further
assistance under the
scheme, and cases "lost
sight of" 148
10. Number of: —
(a) Specimens of sputum,
&c., examined 1,718
(6) X-ray examinations
made in connexion
with Dispensary work 577
4. Cases written off during
the year as Dead (all
causes) 140
11. Number of "Recovered"
cases restored to Dispensary
Register, and included
in A(a) and A(b)
above 4
5. Number of attendances at
the Dispensary (including
Contacts) 6,087
6. Number of Insured Persons
under Domiciliary
Treatment on December
31st 337
12. Number of "T.B. plus"
cases on Dispensary Register
on December 31st 788
TABLE XIII.
| Housing accommodation of 341 families in which there was a Primary Notification of Tuberculosis in 1934. | Number of Families occupying | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Room. | 2 Rooms. | 3 Rooms. | 4 Rooms. | 5 Rooms. | 6 Rooms or more. | |
| Patient living alone | 27 | 12 | 3 | 1 | – | – |
| „ „ with 1 other | 10 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 6 |
| „ „ „ 2 „ | 3 | 27 | 18 | 23 | 2 | 1 |
| „ „ „ 3 „ | 2 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 7 |
| „ „ „ 4 „ | 1 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 2 | 7 |
| „ „ „ 5 „ | – | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
| „ „ „ 6 „ | – | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| „ „ „ 7 „ | – | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| „ „ „ 8 „ | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 |
| „ „ „ 9 „ | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| „ „ „ 10 „ | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Total | 43 | 68 | 79 | 83 | 32 | 36 |