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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
Lewisham 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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(Form T.145 of Memorandum 37/T (Revised) of the Ministry of Health.)
| Diagnosis. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary | Totals. | Grand Totals | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | ||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| A.—New Cases examined during the year | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 92 | 71 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 94 | 83 | 9 | 7 | 193 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | — | — | 6 |
| 81 | 109 | 31 | 24 | 245 | |||||||||
| B.—Contacts examined during the year | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | 46 | 77 | 94 | 87 | 304 | ||||||||
| C.—Cases written off the Dispensary Register as:— | |||||||||||||
| 17 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 48 | |
| (b) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 130 | 188 | 125 | 111 | 554 |
| D.—Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on 31st December:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 461 | 370 | 23 | 21 | 34 | 61 | 49 | 35 | 495 | 431 | 72 | 56 | 1054 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | |
1. Number of cases on Dispensary Register
on 1st January 990
2. Number of cases transferred from other
areas and cases returned after discharge 105
under Head 3 in previous years
3. Number of cases transferred to other
areas, cases not desiring further assistance
under the tuberculosis scheme, and cases 120
“ lost sight of”
4. Cases written off during the year as Dead
(all causes) 77
5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary
(including Contacts) 3439
6. Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary
Treatment on the 31st December 205
7. Number of consultations with medical
practitioners :—
(a) Personal 12
(b) Other 373
8. Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers
to homes (including personal consultations)
307
9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health
Visitors to homes for Dispensary purposes 4758
10. Number of :—
(a) Specimens of sputum, etc., examined 412
(b) X-ray examinations made in connection
with Dispensary work 121
11. Number of “Recovered” cases restored
to Dispensary Register, and included in
A(a) and A(b) above 2
12. Number of “ T.B. plus” cases on Dispensary
Register on 31st December 611
13. Number of Dispensaries for the treatment
of Tuberculosis (excluding centres used
only for special forms of treatment):—
Provided by the Council 1
Provided by Voluntary Bodies —