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Southwark 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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Tuberculosis.
231 notifications of tuberculosis were received of which 203 were
in respect of pulmonary cases and 28 non-pulmonary. According to the
return supplied by the Registrar General the number of deaths from
tuberculosis was 116.
'PS pulmonary and 20 non-pulmonary)
Treatment of Tuberculosis.
| DIAGNOSIS | PULMONARY | NON-PULMONARY | TOTAL. | GRAND TOTAL | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults C'rn | Adults C'rn | Adults C'rn | |||||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| A. New cases examined during the year(excluding contacts) | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous. | 51 | 42 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 43 | 6 | 5 | 108 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed. | 54 | 25 | 2 | 4 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 54 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 88 |
| (c). Non-tuberculouas. | 133 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 134 | 94 | 1 | 4 | 233 |
| B. Contacts examined during the year:- | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous. | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | 10 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed. | 10 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 3 | 1 | - | 14 |
| (c) Non-tuberculous. | 30 | 52 | 34 | 29 | - | - | - | - | 30 | 52 | 34 | 29 | 145 |
| C. Cases written off the Dispensary Register as:- | |||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered. | 1 | - | - | - | - | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| (b) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous.) | 163 | 148 | 35 | 32 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 164 | 148 | 35 | 33 | 380 |
| d. No. of cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st. | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous. | 380 | 248 | 47 | 45 | 23 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 403 | 273 | 56 | 46 | 778 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed. | 64 | 28 | 3 | 4 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 64 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 102 |
| 1. Number of cases on Dispensary Register on January 1st. | 880 | 2. Number of cases transferred from other areas and cases returned after discharge under Head 3 in previous years. | 34 | ||||||||||
| 3. Number of cases transferred to other areas, cases not desiring further assistance under the scheme, and cases "lost sight of" | 112 | 4. Cases written off during the year as dead. (All causes) | 57 | ||||||||||
| 5. Number of attendances at the Dispensary (including contacts) 3 | 3,354 | 6. No. of Insured persons under Domiciliary Treatment on December 31st. | 16 | ||||||||||
| 7. Number of consultations with Medical Practitioners:- (a) Personal. (b) Others | 41 412 | 8. No. of wisits by Tuberculosa Officers to homes (including personal consultations) | 19 | ||||||||||
| 9. Number of visits by nurses or Health Visitors to homes for Dispensary purposes. | 1,696 | 10. No. of (a) specimens of Sputum etc. examined (b) X ray examinations made in connection with Dispensary work | 538 1,287 | ||||||||||
| 11. Number of' "recovered cases" restored to dispensary register and included in A (a) and A (b) above. | 1 | 12. No. of "T. B. plus" cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st. | 357 | ||||||||||