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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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford Borough]
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TUBERCULOSIS
| Cases notified for first time | (Pulmonary | 115 |
| (Non-pulmonary | 14 | |
| New cases coming to knowledge otherwise than by formal notification | (Pulmonary | 16 |
| (Non-pulmonary | 3 |
TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY
| Cases on Dispensary Register 31/12/46 488 | |
|---|---|
| Consultation between Practitioners and Tuberculosis Officer | 290 |
| Visits of Tuberculosis Officer to homes | 102 |
| Visits of Tuberculosis Health. Visitors to homes- To Dispensary cases | 3,415 |
| To other cases | 1,076 |
| Number of contacts examined | 166 |
| Total attendances of patients and contacts at Dispensary | 2,136 |
| X-ray examinations made in Connection with Dispensary cases | 639 |
| Total specimens of sputum examined at Dispensary | 604. |
TUBERCULOSIS CARE COMMITTEE
| Cases recommended for institutional treatment referred to Care Committee | 149 |
| visits paid by Secretary | 755 |
| Interviews | 783 |
| Cases dealt with by Care Committee | 693 |
SANITARY INSPECTION
| Total primary Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors | 5,419 |
| Total re-inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors | 13,410 |
| Total number of Intimation Notices served | 914 |
| Total number of Statutory Notices served. | 134 |
| Cases in which legal proceedings were instituted | 1 |
| Total visits to prefabricated houses and hutments. | 16,623 |
HOUSING
With the cessation of hostilities the repair work to war
damaged property proceeded with greater celerity involving much
supervisory work by the Sanitary Inspectors in connection with the
repair or reinstatement of drainage and the investigation of complaints
in respect of the more clamant nuisances, the abatement of which
merited preferential attention.
During the year, one house was represented as being unfit for
human habitation.
Similar supervisory work by the Sanitary Inspectors was
necessary in connection with the construction of drainage for the
prefabricated, houses hutments, involving 16,623 visits during the
year.