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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
Fulham 1917
Fulham Borough
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Mortality from Tuberculosis. - I9I deaths (99 of
males and 92 of females) were registered from pulmonary
tuberculosis, representing a death-rate of
1˙32 per 1,000, the average of the preceding five
years being I˙33. To other tuberculous diseases 49
deaths were due, the mortality being at the rate of
0˙34 per 1,000.
Prevention and Treatment of Tuberculosis. Fulham Tuberculosis Dispensary.—The following table gives a summary of the work of the Dispensar— New Patients.
| 1. Suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis | 286 |
| 2. „ „ other forms „ | 13 |
| 3. suspected cases „ | 349 |
| 4. non-tuberculous | 329 |
| Total | 977 |
| Total Cases notified during 1917 (including 32 cases admitted during previous years) | 331 |
| Number of Patients Treated (old and new). | – |
| 1. Insured | 471 |
| 2. Uninsured | 1,317 |
| Total | 1,788 |
| Number of Attendances at Dispensary. | |
| 1. Insured | 1,052 |
| 2. Uninsured | 6,528 |
| Total | 7,580 |
| Doctor's home visits | 1,141 |
| Nurses' „ | 2,789 |
| Persons specially examined as Contacts | 492 |
| Number of these found tuberculous | 21 |
| Contacts who became patients during the year | 197 |
| Insured patients examined for purposes (sanatorium treatment, etc.) of London Insurance Committee | 112 |
| Uninsured patients recommended for sanatorium treatment to London County Council | 61 |
| Patients sent to Infirmary | 45 |
| Referred to Invalid Children's Aid Association | 29 |
| „ „ Charity Organization Committee | 27 |
| „ „ Children's Country Holidays Fund | 47 |
| Patients who had Tuberculin treatment | 351 |