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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
Battersea 1921
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1921
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Women and children notified to be suffering from tuberculosis,
and not attending the Tuberculosis Dispensary, are
visited at their homes by one of the female sanitary inspectors
(Miss Round). During the year 1921 the number of cases of
women and children not in attendance at the Dispensary
notified to the Medical Officer of Health was 222. Of this
number, after deducting cancelled cases, removals, etc., 196
were investigated, and the results are summarised as follows:—
Women—88— Children—108—
Married 40 Boys 55
Single 37 Girls 53
Widows 11 —
Total cases 196
Cases found to be dead on first visit 31
Age and Sex Distribution.
| 0-1 | 1-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-20 | 20-25 | 25-35 | 35-45 | 45-55 | 55-65 | 65 up- wards | All ages | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 |
| F. | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 92 | |
| Tubercular Meningitis | M. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| F. | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | |
| Other Tubercular Disease | m. | 1 | 10 | 14 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 37 |
| f. | 2 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 49 | |
| Total | M. | 2 | 12 | 21 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 52 |
| F. | 4 | 11 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 144 | |
| Grand Total | 6 | 23 | 47 | 32 | 11 | 17 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 196 | |
Home Conditions.
The home conditions of these 196 patients show that:—
33 occupied a separate room, 75 were sleeping in a separate
bed, and 26 were receiving institutional treatment, giving a
total of 134 and a percentage of 68·3, in which some precautionary
measure of isolation was being carried out.
Sanitary State of Homes.—The sanitary condition of
the homes was found in 135 cases good, in 49 fair,
and in 12 bad.
Condition of Patients at First Visit.—In 28 good, in
100 fair, in 37 bad, and 31 were found to have
died.