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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
Southwark 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 39.
Return for the year 1937.
| Diagnosis. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary | Total. | Grand Total . | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults | Children | Adults | Children | Adults | Children | ||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||||
| 63 37 97 | 54 21 83 | 2 13 10 | 5 4 3 | 10 | 6 | 5 2 | 5 2 1 | 73 37 97 | 60 21 83 | 7 15 10 | 10 6 4 | 150 79 194 | |||
| 4 9 52 | 2 12 91 | 3 59 | 3 64 | — | — | 1 1 | 4 1 | 4 9 52 | 2 12 91 | 1 4 59 | 3 4 65 | 10 29 267 | |||
| C.—Cases written off the Dispensary Register as:— | 15 150 | 8 174 | 3 72 | 3 68 | 3 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 3 | 18 151 | 12 174 | 10 72 | 12 71 | 52 468 | ||
| 261 46 | 145 33 | 19 16 | 34 4 | 18 | 23 | 14 3 | 12 6 | 279 46 | 168 33 | S3 19 | 46 10 | 526 108 | |||
| 1. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st | 613 | 2 | Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years | 49 | |||||||||||
| 3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assistance under the scheme, and cases "lost sight of" | 155 | 4 | . Cases written off during the year as Dead (all causes) | 82 | |||||||||||
| 5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including Contacts) | 4782 | 6 | . Number of Insured Persons under Domiciliary Treatment on the 31st December | 54 | |||||||||||
| 7. Number of consultations with medical practitioners:— (à) Personal (á) Other | 22 348 | 8 | . Number of visits by Tuberculosis Officers to homes (including personal consultations) | 198 | |||||||||||
| 9. Number of visits by Nurses or Health Visitors to homes for Dispensary purposes | 3777 | 10 | . Number of :— (à) Specimens of sputum, etc., examined (b) X-ray examinations made in connection with Dispensary work. | 510 1693 | |||||||||||
| 11. Number of "Recovered" cases restored to Dispensary Register, and included in A (a) and A (b) above | 12 | . Number of '' T .B. plus" cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st | 303 | ||||||||||||
(B) Number of Dispensaries for the treatment of Tuberculosis (excluding centres
used only for special forms of treatment). Provided by the Council—One.