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Lambeth 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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I am indebted to Dr, Price. Consu]tant Chest Physician at
St, Francis' Hospital for the following report on the work of the
Chest Clinic during the year.
Table 1 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 1959.
| Respiratory Tuberculosis | Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Children | Total | Men | Women | Children | Total | |
| Total cases on Clinic Register at 31.12.59 | 651 | 522 | 67 | 1240 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 43 |
| Number of cases diagnosed during the year | 49 | 25 | 12 | 86 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Recovered | 5 | 6 | 1 | 12 | - | - | - | - |
| Deaths | 7 | 1 | - | 8 | - | - | - | - |
Deaths
During the year there were 8 tuberculosis deaths among
patients known to the Clinic, all adult pulmonary cases. Analysis
of these deaths shows that approaching old age. delay in taking
medical advice and treatment were principle features contributing
to the fatal result. Males suffered most ; of the 7 deaths, 3
were seventy years old or more, 2 were cases discovered at post
mortem examination and had never been notified, 2 were middleaged
men who had suffered extensive disease since first diagnosed
five years previously. The only female death, a women 43 years
old, was within a week of diagnosis. The disease was far too ad
vanced to respond to treatment.