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Camberwell 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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1. Number of cases on Dispensary
Register on
January 1st
7. Number of consultations
with medical practitioners
1,655
(a) Personal
34
(b) Other
702
2. Number of cases transferred.
from other areas
and cases returned after
discharge under Head 3
in previous years
8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis
Officers to homes
(including personal consultations)
667
58
9. Number of visits by Nurses
or Health Visitors to
homes for Dispensary
purposes
3. Number of cases transferred
to other areas,
cases not desiring further
assistance under the
tuberculosis scheme, and
cases "lost sight of "
8,967
10. Number of: —
162
(a) Specimens of sputum,
&c., examined
1,069
(b) X-ray examinations
made in connection
with Dispensary work
4. Cases written off during
the year as Dead (all
causes)
751
127
11. Number of "Recovered"
cases restored to Dispensary
Register, and included
in A(a) and A(b)
above
5. Number of attendances at
the Dispensary (including
Contacts)
5,620
3
6. Number of Insured Persons
under Domiciliary
Treatment on December
31st
12. Number of "T.B. plus"
cases on Dispensary Register
on December 31st
662
243
TABLE XIII.
| Particulars of housing accommodation of 351 families in which there was a Primary Notification of Tuberculosis received in 1937. | Number of Families occupying. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Room. | 2 Rooms. | 3 Rooms. | 4 Rooms. | 5 Rooms. | 6 Rooms or more. | |
| Patient living alone | 24 | 8 | 5 | – | – | – |
| „ „ with 1 other | 9 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| „ „ „ 2 others | 4 | 14 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 6 |
| „ „ „ 3 „ | 2 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 11 |
| „ „ „ 4 „ | – | 2 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 8 |
| „ „ „ 5 „ | – | 3 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 11 |
| „ „ „ 6 „ | – | – | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| „ „ „ 7 „ | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| „ „ „ 8 „ | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 |
| „ „ „ 9 „ | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 |
| „ „ „ 10 „ | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 39 | 51 | 92 | 76 | 41 | 52 |