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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
Lambeth 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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I am indebted to Dr. Price, Chest Physician at St. Francis'
Hospital for the following report on the work of the Chest Clinic
during the year.
The following Table refers to the work of the Chest Clinic at St, Francis' Hospital and is an extract of the Annual Return of Chest Clinic Work sent to the Ministry of Health for the year 1958.
| Respiratory Tuberculosis | Non Respiratory Tuberculosis | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Children | Total | Men | Women | Children | Total | |
| Total cases on CIinic Register at 31.12.58 | 633 | 503 | 78 | 1214 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 41 |
| Number of cases diagnosed during the year | 69 | 44 | 5 | 118 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 |
| Recovered | 15 | 12 | 5 | 32 | - | 4 | - | 4 |
| Deaths | 5 | 2 | - | 7 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Deaths
There were eight deaths from Tuberculosis during the year,
one of them a case now rarely seen of Meningitis complicating
generalised Tuberculosis in an adult male, and it is recorded as
a non respiratory death.
Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis
Three new cases of non-respiratory Tuberculosis were added
to the register during the year, none of them due to bovine
infection which is now almost eradicated following milk pasteurisation.
The total number remaining on the register continues to
fall as cases are removed cured.