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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 1970

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]

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Table: TABLE 1: Number of cases of Tuberculosis (whether notified or not) under treatment, supervision or observation at 31st December, 1970.

TABLE 1: Number of cases of Tuberculosis (whether notified or not) under treatment, supervision or observation at 31st December, 1970.

Number of cases (including both out-patients and in-patients)MenWomenChildrenTotal
Respiratory55538211948
Non-Respiratory2415-39
TOTAL57939711987

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Number of cases included above whose broncho-pulmonary secretion was
positive during the year 31

Table: 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, 1970

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, 1970

MenWomenChildrenTotal
Group 1911424
Respiratory Non-bacteriologically confirmed.Group II----
Group III----
TOTAL911424
Group I22
Respiratory Bacteriologically confirmed.Group II83-11
Group III81-9
TOTAL184-22
Non-respiratory2114
TOTAL NEW CASES2916550

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Whilst these tables give a picture of Chest Clinic work the incidence of new
infectious 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. Most cases of
tuberculosis are now diagnosed following hospital attendance for examination and
investigation and it is becoming customary for hospital medical officers to defer
notification until the diagnosis and the presence of infection has been confirmed
bacteriologically by examination of sputum or other pathological specimen. The
figure of 26 total new respiratory cases represents double that for the previous
year 1969.