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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
Deptford 1926
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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Examined at Dispensary—33
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis (T.B. in Sputum) | Pulmonary Tuberculosis (T.B. not found in Sputum) | Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Adults | Children | Adults | Children | Adults | Children | |
| Total Contacts | 48 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 10 |
| Contacts examined at Dispensary | 14 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Not Examined at Dispensary—11 | ||||||
| Total Contacts | Pulmonary Tuberculosis T.B. +(known) | Pulmonary Tuberculosis T.B. - | Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis | |||
| 3 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| Adults | Children | Adults | Children | Adults | Children | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | |
| Contacts examined at Dispensary | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Of the contacts examined only one, a child contact of a T.B. + case,
was found to be definitely tuberculous by the end of the year.
The examination of contacts immediately after the notification of a
case in a family seldom reveals other cases, but at a later date the
proportion of contacts found tuberculous is much higher.
Contacts examined at Dispensary and found Non-Tuberculous are
discharged. The supervision of these is maintained by the Health
Visitors' enquiries on subsequent periodical visitations, those with
suspicious symptoms being advised to re-attend for examination.
Of these 57 notified cases, 8 P.T. and 3 O.T. were dead by the end
of the year.
33 of the 57 notified cases were seen at Dispensary, 22 of them
being cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis with germs in the sputum out
of 25 such notified ; 5 of them being cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
without germs in the sputum (as far as known) out of 8 such notified,
i.e., 27 of the 33 notified cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis = over 80
per cent. 6 cases of Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis, out of 11 notified,
were seen at Dispensary. Including the 7 in which diagnosis not
confirmed, 85 per cent. of the notified cases were seen at Dispensary.