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Lambeth 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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I am indebted to Dr. Price, Consultant Chest Physician at St Francis'
Hospital for the following report on the work of the Chest Clinic during ths
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
Health for the year 1961.
TABLE 1
| Respiratory Tuberculosis | Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Children | Total | Men | Women | Children | Total | |
| Total cases on Clinic Register at 31.12.1961 | 644 | 460 | 55 | 1159 | 18 | 21 | 1 | 40 |
| Number of cases diagnosed during the year, | 49 | 23 | 5 | 77 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Recovered | 16 | 11 | 1 | 28 | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| De aths | 15 | 6 | • | 21 | - | - | 2 | 2 |
Deaths
There were 23 deaths, the majority, 17 were males all over 50 years of age
Among them were 4 residents of the Tuberculosis Hostel at Knight's Hill and
these were in the over 60 age groups. 5 deaths including 2 of the Hostel resident
were cases where the infective tubercle bacillus had become resistant to antituberculosis
treatment drugs. In 3 cases the disease was diagnosed after deaf
Of the remainder a large percentage had cardiac and vascular disease as a
contributory cause of death.
Of the female deaths 4 were in the older age groups, over 50, and the 2
others were between 30 and 40 years of age and had had the disease for many
years and had contracted the infection before the use of chemotherapy.