Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Tables I. to VIII.—
| Central Dispensary. | Branch Dispensary. | Combined Totals. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insured. | Not Insured | Total. | Insured. | Not Insured. | Total. | ||||||
| Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | ||||
| 3. Tuberculin— Diagnostic | - | - | 56 | 49 | 105 | 7 | 4 | - | 1 | 12 | 117 |
| Positive Reaction | - | - | 20 | 18 | 38 | 5 | 3 | - | 1 | 9 | 47 |
| Negative Reaction | - | - | 36 | 31 | 67 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 70 |
| TABLE IV. | |||||||||||
| E—Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Tuberculous Cases. (a) Inman— | |||||||||||
| Stage I | 6 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 42 | 68 |
| Stage II | 16 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 44 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 49 | 93 |
| Stage III | 48 | 27 | 18 | 21 | 1 14 | 74 | 36 | 13 | 72 | 195 | 309 |
| (b) Turban*— | |||||||||||
| Stage I | 11 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 43 | 17 | 21 | 5 | 27 | 70 | 113 |
| Stage II | 24 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 62 | 102 |
| Stage III | 13 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 63 | 94 |
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| TABLE V. | |||||||||||
| F—Nature of Treatment— 1. Routine (total cases treated one month and over) including— | 77 | 50 | 47 | 117 | 291 | 118 | 54 | 26 | 144 | 342 | 633 |
| 2. Institutional— (a) Sanatoria (including Tuberculosis Hospitals) | 11 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 37 | 39 | 14 | 1 | 20 | 74 | 111 |
| (b) General Hospitals | 1 | 2 | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 5 |
| (c) Poor Law Institutions | 2 | - | 1 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 52 | 59 |
| 3. Tuberculin— Remedial | 15 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 38 | 71 |
| TABLE VI. | |||||||||||
| C —Results of Treatment— 1. Routine (total cases treated one month and over)— (a) Fit for work | 54 | 41 | 37 | 92 | 224 | 87 | 44 | 19 | 120 | 270 | 494* |
| Fit for work and remaining so | 36 | 31 | 33 | 90 | 190 | 74 | 38 | 18 | 115 | 245 | 435 |
| Not fit for work but becoming fit | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 59 |
| (b) Unfit for work | 18 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 53 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 62 | 115* |
| Fit for work but not remaining so | - | 1 | - | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| Not fit for work and remaining so | 18 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 44 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 56 | 100 |
| (c) Deaths | 5 | - | 2 | 7 | 14 | 5 | - | 1 | 4 | 10 | 24* |
| 2. Institutional (Sanatorium)— (a) Fit for work | 10 | 6 | 10 | 37 | 32 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 60 | 97 | |
| Fit for work and remaining so | 10 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 45 | 75 |
| Not fit for work but becoming fit | 1 | 4 | 2 | - | 7 | 9 | 4 | - | 2 | 15 | 22 |
*N.B.—Cases in Stage III. of Inman only.
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