London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Lambeth 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
This page requires JavaScript
Table 1. Number of cases of tuberculosis (whether notified or not) under treatment, supervision, or observation at 31st December, 1968.
| Men | Women | Children | Totalp | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of cases (including both outpatients and in-patients) | Respiratory | 644 | 466 | 19 | 1,129 |
| Non-respiratory | 22 | 23 | 1 | 46 | |
| Total | 666 | 489 | 20 | 1,175 | |
Number of cases included above whose broncho-pulmonary
secretion was positive during the year 21
Table 2. Number of cases of tuberculosis (whether notified or not) new to the clinic (but excluding transfers from other clinics) during the year ended 31st December, 1968.
| Men | Women | Children | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory Non-bacteriologically confirmed | Group I | 8 | 6 | 3 | 17 |
| Group II | 5 | 3 | - | 8 | |
| Group III | 2 | - | - | 2 | |
| Total | 15 | 9 | 3 | 27 | |
| Respiratory Bacteriologically confirmed | Group I | 8 | 3 | - | 11 |
| Group II | 11 | 3 | - | 14 | |
| Group III | 6 | - | - | 6 | |
| Total | 25 | 6 | - | 31 | |
| Non-respiratory | 2 | 4 | - | 6 | |
| Total new cases | 42 | 19 | 3 | 64 | |
Whilst these tables give a picture of Chest Clinic work the incidence of new
tuberculosis cases in the Borough is more accurately shown in the following
Table 3 which is a record of cases first diagnosed during the year and formally
notified under the Tuberculosis Regulations. These figures refer only to that
part of Lambeth which is in the South East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board
area, served by the Chest Clinic in St. Francis' Hospital.