London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford Borough]
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WAR TIME DAY NURSERIES
At the end of the year under report, three nurseries were
functioning under the direction of this Council.
TUBERCULOSIS
| Cases notified for first time | (Pulmonery | 133 |
| (Non-pulmonery | 19 | |
| New cases coming to knowledge otherwise than by formal notification | (Pulmonery | 17 |
| (Non-pulmonery | 5 |
TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY
| Cases on Dispensary Register 31/12/43443 | |||
| Consultations between Practitioners and Tuberculosis Officer | 411 | Number of contacts examined | 129 |
| Visits of Tuberculosis Officer to homes | 191 | Total attendances of patients and contacts at Dispensary | 1,996 |
| Visits of Tuberculosis Health Visitors to homes -(To Dispensary cases | 2,805 | X-ray examinations made in connection with Dispensary cases | 658 |
| (To other cases | 1,175 | ||
| Total specimens of sputum examined at Dispensary | 719 | ||
TUBERCULOSIS CARE COMMITTEE
| Recommendations for institutional treatment to Care Committee | 189 |
| Visits paid by Secretary | 891 |
| Interviews | 808 |
| Cases dealt with by Care Committee | 749 |
Sums raised by Christmas Seals (1943) £119.6.7d. Expenses £3.17.6d.
SANITARY INSPECTION
| Total primary inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors | 5,840 | |
| Total re-inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors | 16,933 | |
| Total number of Intimation Notices served | 1,295 | |
| Total number of Statutory Notices served | 467 | |
| Cases in which legal proceedings were instituted to enforce compliance with Notices | 17 | |
HOUSING ACTS
| Dwelling houses represented as unfit for human habitation | 3 |
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