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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford Borough]
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Memo 37/T. Table 1.
| Diagnosis. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Total. | Grand Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | |||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |||
| A.—New Cases examined during the year (excluding contacts):— | 401 | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 53 | 32 | — | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | — | 59 | 39 | 4 | 4 | 106 | |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | 9 | 6 | 1 | _ | 16 | ||||||||
| (c) Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 114 | 112 | 25 | 28 | 279 | |
| B.—Contacts examined during the year:— | 163 | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 3 | _ | 3 | 4 | _ | _ | — | — | 3 | — | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 35 | 46 | 33 | 32 | 146 | |
| C.—Cases written off the Dispensary Register as | 455 | |||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered... | 6 | 5 | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | 4 | 9 | 5 | — | 6 | 20 | |
| (b) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensarv Register as T.B.) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 155 | 159 | 58 | 63 | 435 | |
| D.—Number of Persons on Dispensary Register on December 31st:— | 466 | |||||||||||||
| (a) Diagnosis completed | 182 | 136 | 17 | 22 | 27 | 27 | 16 | 15 | 209 | 163 | 33 | 37 | 442 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 24 | ||
Report of Tuberculosis Officer—continued.
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