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1 am indebted to Dr. J. G. S. McQueen for the following report on the
work of Battersea Chest Clinic for the year
ANNUAL REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH 1970
The part of the Borough of Lambeth included in the district covered by
this Clinic is the comparatively small area lying north of Clapham Road. The
natural "drainage" of medical cases, including tuberculosis, from this area has
always been towards St. Thomas's Hospital. At one time, when tuberculous cases
were over-plentiful, the hospital referred them to this Clinic for treatment,
supervision and contact examinations but of late years the tendency has been
for all these functions to be carried out at the hospital.
My Health Visitor still, of course, visits notified cases and has close
liaison with Miss McCormack of St. Thomas's Chest Department. She is able to
explore the contact situation more fully and bring in for examination the less
obvious contacts which might otherwise be missed. She, of course, gives general
counsel to the family and checks as to the taking of chemotherapy.
Apart from the routine supervision of old cases on the register there is thus
very little work attracted to this Clinic from the Lambeth area and I find it
difficult to find material worthy of inclusion in your Annual Report.