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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 1936
[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 1936.
| 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 | 79 | 48 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 91 | 57 | 11 | 9 | 168 |
| (b)Diagnosis not completed | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 9 | – | – | 20 |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 206 | 170 | 70 | 61 | 507 |
| B.—Contacts examined during the year:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 19 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 | 2 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 47 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 128 | 180 | 167 | 178 | 653 |
| C.—Cases written off the Dispensary Register as:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| (b) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 347 | 353 | 238 | 239 | 1177 |
| D.—Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 645 | 473 | 43 | 53 | 115 | 117 | 97 | 83 | 760 | 590 | 140 | 136 | 1626 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | – | – | — | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 29 |
TABLE XI.
Showing the Occupation of 75 Females who died from Tuberculosis in 1936.
Biscuit Packer
1
Book Binder
1
„ Seller
1
„ Folder
1
Chambermaid
1
Charge Hand
1
Clerks
6
Domestic Servant
3
Dressmaker
1
Duplicator Worker
1
Factory Hand
2
Grill Hand
1
Housewife
29
Kitchen Hand
1
Laundry Hand
4
Lapshade Maker
1
Mantle Presser
1
Milliner
1
Needleworker
2
No Occupation
6
Piemaker
1
Perfume Finisher
1
School Age
2
Shorthand Typist
1
Shuttlecock Maker
1
Sorter, Rags
1
Under School Age
3