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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
Wandsworth 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 89
of 6.16 per case, compared with 6.72 in 1914. There were 181
tuberculous insured cases, compared with 226 in the previous
year, and 149 tuberculous non-insured cases, compared with 153
in 1915. As in the previous two years, the tuberculous insured
cases show more males than females, the non-insured more females
than males. Of non-tuberculous new cases there were 386, compared
with 592 last year. The average attendance per case of these
is a little higher this year, being 3.28, compared with 2.2 in 1914.
| Tuberculous. | Non-Tuberculous. | Totals. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | |
| Cases— Insured | 123 | 58 | 181 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 136 | 68 | 204 |
| Non-Insured | 48 | 101 | 149 | 156 | 207 | 363 | 204 | 308 | 512 |
| Totals | 171 | 159 | 330 | 169 | 217 | 386 | 340 | 376 | 716 |
| Attendances— Insured | 416 | 225 | 641 | 21 | 28 | 49 | 437 | 253 | 690 |
| Non-Insured | 397 | 1,004 | 1,401 | 582 | 621 | 1,203 | 979 | 1,625 | 2,604 |
| Totals | 813 | 1,229 | 2,042 | 603 | 649 | 1,252 | 1,416 | 1,878 | 3.294 |
| Average Attendances Per Case. | 6.16 | 3.28 | 4.6o | ||||||
Table L. is similar to Table XLIX., but shows the number
of cases of 1913 and 1914 still attending the dispensaries. There
were 239 tuberculous cases and 135 non-tuberculous cases which
attended, making 2,620 and 666 attendances respectively. The