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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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TABLE XII. Return showing the Work of the Dispensary during the Year 1935.
| 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 | 85 | 63 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 96 | 71 | 11 | 5 | 183 |
| (6) Diagnosis not completed | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 1 | – | – | 11 |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 168 | 184 | 76 | 52 | 480 |
| B.—Contacts examined during the year:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 26 | 29 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 59 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | 6 |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 106 | 165 | 193 | 167 | 631 |
| C.—Cases written off the Dispensary Register as:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 36 |
| (b) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 281 | 353 | 271 | 221 | 1126 |
| D.—Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 647 | 508 | 46 | 51 | 120 | 111 | 107 | 82 | 767 | 619 | 153 | 133 | 1672 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 3 | 1 | – | 17 |