London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Camberwell 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.

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TABLE XIV. Sleeping accommodation for 333 tuberculous cases notified for the first time in 1935. The figures refer to the tuberculosis Nurses' first home visit.

The patient slept—
In separate roomIn 133 cases.
Alone in bed with 1 other in room„ 20 „
„ „ 2 others „„ 20 „
„ „ 3 „ „„ 8 „
„ „ 4 „„ 2 „
In bed with 1 person and no others in room„ 95 „
„ „ 1 „ 1 other in room„ 20 „
„ „ 1 „ 2 others „„ 26 „
„ „ 1 „ 3 „ „„ 4 „
„ 1 „ 4 „„ 1 „
In bed with 2 persons and no others in room„ 4 „
„ „ 2 „ 1 other „„ – „
„ „ 2 „ 2 others „„ – „
„ „ 2 „ 3 „ „„ — „
In bed with 3 persons and no others in room„ – „
333

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, 824
Dispensary patients were sent to hospital in 1935 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:—
St. Thomas's.
Guy's.
Sick Children's Hospital,
Great Ormond Street.
Throat Hospital, Golden
Square.
Charing Cross.
Westminster.
Brompton.
Miller.
South London Hospital for
Women.
Evelina.
Belgrave.
All Saints'.
Royal Waterloo.
Grosvenor Hospital for
Women.
Grosvenor Hospital for Women.
Middlesex.
2. With School Clinic. 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.