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Camberwell 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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1. Number of eases on Dispensary
Register on
January 1st .
7. Number of consultations
with medical practitioners:—
1,689
(a) Personal
20
2. Number of cases transferred
from other areas
and cases returned after
discharge under Head 3
in previous years
(b) Other
589
50
626
8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis
Officers to homes
(including personal consultations)
9. Number of visits by Nurses
or Health Visitors to
homes for Dispensary
purposes
9,223
3. Number of cases transferred
to other areas,
cases not desiring further
assistance under the
scheme, and cases "lost
sight of"
166
1,357
10. Number of:—
(a) Specimens of sputum,
&c., examined
127
4. Cases written off during
the year as Dead (all
causes)
(b) X-ray examinations
made in connexion
with Dispensary work
666
1
5. Number of attendances at
the Dispensary (including
Contacts)
11. Number of "Recovered"
cases restored to Dispensary
Register, and included
in A (a) and A(b)
above
5,896
6. Number of Insured Persons
under Domiciliary
Treatment on December
31st
284
12. Number of "T.B. plus"
cases on Dispensary Register
on December 31st
724
TABLE XIV. Sleeping accommodation for 299 tuberculous cases notified for the first time in 1936. The figures refer to the tuberculosis Nurses' first home visit. The patient slept—
| In separate room | In 110 cases. |
| Alone in bed with 1 other in room | „ 22 „ |
| „ „ 2 others „ | „ 22 „ |
| „ „ 3 „ „ | „ 3 „ |
| „ „ 4 „ „ | „ 2 „ |
| In bed with 1 person and no others in room | „ 95 „ |
| „ „ 1 „ 1 other in room | „ 27 „ |
| „ „ 1 „ 2 others „ | 13 „ |
| „ „ 1 „ 3 „ „ | „ 3 „ |
| In bed with 2 persons and no others in room | „ 2 „ |
| „ „ 2 „ 1 other „ | „ – „ |
| „ „ 2 „ 2 others „ | „ – „ |
| „ „ 2 „ 3 „ „ | „ – „ |
| In bed with 3 persons and no others in room | „ – „ |
| 299 |
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