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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 1963

[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 the year.
report on cEest clinic work 1963
Table 1 is an extract of the Annual return of Chest Clinic work as now
Prepared for the Ministry of Health. It includes observation cases of tuberculosis
not formally notified under the Tuberculosis Regulations. These are
cases of cured disease or of very doubtful activity where a period of observation
is a necessary precaution against possible breakdown or infectivity.

Table: table 1 Number of cases of tuberculosis (whether notified or not) on the register as being under treatment or supervision at 31st December.

table 1 Number of cases of tuberculosis (whether notified or not) on the register as being under treatment or supervision at 31st December.

RESPIRATORYNON-RESPIRATORY
MenWomenChildrenTotalMenWomenChildrenTotal
793574441,4112022345

Table: 2- Number of cases (whether notified or not) added to the register during the year ended 31st December who have radiological evidence of respiratory tuberculosis.

2- Number of cases (whether notified or not) added to the register during the year ended 31st December who have radiological evidence of respiratory tuberculosis.

NOT BACTERIOLOGICALLY CONFIRMEDBACTERIOLOGICALLY CONFIRMED
MenWomenChildrenTotalMenWomenChildren-Total
Group I2814-4243.7
Group II3410-4454-9
Group III14912432-5
Totals76331110129-21

Table: 3. Number of cases of non-respiratory tuberculosis (whether notified or not) added to Clinic Register.

3. Number of cases of non-respiratory tuberculosis (whether notified or not) added to Clinic Register.

MenWomenChildrenTotal
2215

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Number of cases included in 1. whose broncho-pulmonary 7
secretion was positive during the year
Whilst this Table now gives a more accurate picture of Chest Clinic work
it may give a false impression of the incidence of new cases of tuberculosis
as compared with previous years.
Table 1A following shows the number of cases first diagnosed as suffering
from respiratory tuberculosis during 1963 and notified under the Tuberculosis
Regulations.