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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 1927
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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Examined at Dispensary—87
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis (T.B. in Sputum) | Pulmonary Tuberculosis (T.B. not found in Sputum) | Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Contacts | 56 | 21 | 10 | |||
| Adults | Children | Adults | Children | Adults | Children | |
| 107 | 47 | 80 | 18 | 16 | 14 | |
| Contacts examined at Dispensary | 20 | 21 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 8 |
Not Examined at Dispensary—85
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis T.B. + (known) | Pulmonary T uberculosis T.B. — | Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 45 | 24 | ||||
| Total Contacts | Adults | Children | Adults | Children | Adults | Children |
| 39 | 11 | 58 | 25 | 52 | 26 | |
| Contacts examined at Dispensary | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Of the contacts examined, two contacts of a T.B. +case, one of
a T.B.—case and one of a Non-pulmonary case were found to be
definitely tuberculous by the end of the year.
Of these 172 notified cases, 26 P.T. and 4 O.T. were dead by the
end of the year.
The proportion of the notified cases seen at the Dispensary is much
smaller in these wards than in the St. Paul's and Vale wards, and it is
again evident that a greater number of the contacts can be secured for
examination if the notified case is seen at the Dispensary.
Of the 138 notified cases mentioned in the above table, it will be
noted that 72 were cases in which tubercle bacilli were found in the
•sputum, and of these latter, 56 were seen at the Dispensary.
Of the remaining 66 notified cases of pulmonary tuberculosis, it is
not known that the bacilli were ever found in the sputum; 21 of these
were seen at the Dispensary.
Further statistics are now available with reference to results
obtained in France by the administration to infants of an attenuated
variety of tubercle bacillus so as to thereby immunise them against
the ordinary disease-producing variety. These statistics are very