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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 XIV. Sleeping accommodation for 341 tuberculous cases notified for the first time in 1934. The figures refer to the tuberculosis Nurses' first home visit.
| The patient slept— | |
| In separate room | In 118 cases. |
| Alone in bed with 1 other in room | „ 40 „ |
| „ „ 2 others | „ 23 „ |
| „ „ 3 „ „ | „ 2 „ |
| „ „ 4 „ „ | „ – „ |
| In bed with 1 person and no others in room | „ 87 „ |
| „ „ 1 „ 1 other in room | „ 32 „ |
| „ „ 1 „ 2 others „ | „ 15 „ |
| „ „ 1 „ 3 „ „ | „ 2 „ |
| „ „ 1 „ 4 „ „ | „ 1 „ |
| In bed with 2 persons and no others in room | „ 14 „ |
| „ „ 2 „ 1 other „ | „ 2 „ |
| „ „ 2 „ 2 other „ | „ 3 „ |
| „ „ 2 „ 3 „ „ | „ – „ |
| In bed with 3 persons and no others in room | „ 2 „ |
| 341 | |
The Nature and Extent of Co-operation with General and
Special Hospitals, School Clinic and other Institutions.
1. With General and Special Hospitals. (a) King's College
Hospital. Including cases sent to the X-ray Department, 656
Dispensary patients were sent to hospital in 1934 for an opinion as
to diagnosis, etc.
(b) Other Hospitals. Many of our patients when requested to
go to a hospital for further examination and opinion, asked to be
sent to the hospital they knew best, and we sent patients to the
following hospitals: —
Sick Children's Hospital,
Great Ormond Street.
St. Thomas's
Guy's
Throat Hospital, Golden
Square.
Charing Cross.
Westminster.
Miller.
Brompton
South London Hospital
for Women.
Evelina.
Belgrave.
All Saints'.
Royal Waterloo
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
2. With School Clinics. All contacts of school age are referred
by the Dispensary to the Divisional School Medical Officer for the
area for special and periodical observation by the School Medical
Officers and any doubtful cases may be referred back to the Dispensary
for special examination.
Co-operation with Medical Practitioners.
626 new patients were sent by practitioners to the Dispensary
for diagnosis or seen in consultation at their homes.