Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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Lambeth Municipal Tuberculosis Dispensaries Scheme.
Diagnosis | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total | Grand Total | ||||||||||
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Adults | Children | Adults | Children | Adults | Children | |||||||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |||
A.—New Cases examined during | ||||||||||||||
57 | 34 | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 60 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 355 | ||
(b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 85 | 98 | 24 | 26 | |||
B.—Contacts examined during the year:— | ||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 212 | ||
(b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | ||
(c) Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 66 | 80 | 24 | 40 | ||
C.—Cases written off the Dispensary | ||||||||||||||
(a) Recovered | 6 | 4 | — | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 475 | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 157 | 182 | 55 | 63 | |||
D.—Number of Cases on Dispensary | ||||||||||||||
227 | 140 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 17 | 244 | 151 | 20 | 22 | 490 | ||
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | 20 | 3 | 5 | |||
1. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st, 1938 482 | 8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to Homes (including personal consultations) 211 | |||||||||||||
2. Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous year 21 | ||||||||||||||
9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to Homes for Dispensary purposes 2,037 | ||||||||||||||
3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assistance under the scheme, and cases "lost sight of" 58 | ||||||||||||||
10. Number of— | ||||||||||||||
(a) Specimens of Sputum, etc., examined 651 | ||||||||||||||
4. Cases written off during the year as dead (all causes) 47 | ||||||||||||||
5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts) 2,263 | ||||||||||||||
6. Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on December 31st 167 | 11. Number of "Recovered" cases restored to Dispensary Register, and included in A (a) and A {b) above — | |||||||||||||
7. Number of consultations with medical practitioners:— | ||||||||||||||
12. Number of "T.B. plus" cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st 234 | ||||||||||||||
(a) Personal 12 | ||||||||||||||