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Wandsworth 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Tuberculosis Dispensaries. 43
TABLE XXIII.
| Number of | Under observation at the Dispensary on Jan. 1st pending diagnosis. | Examined for the first time during the year. | Total. | Found to be | Under observation at the Dispensary on Dec. 31st pending diagnosis. | Ceased attendance before completion of diagnosis. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suffering from Tuberculosis. | Not suffering from Tuberculosis. | |||||||||
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||||||
| (a.) All persons (including "Contacts ") | Adults | M. | 12 | 387 | 399 | 159 | 15 | 203 | 21 | 1 |
| F. | 11 | 442 | 453 | 133 | 11 | 289 | 20 | — | ||
| Children under 15 | M. | 2 | 242 | 244 | 2 | 17 | 216 | 9 | — | |
| F. | 6 | 210 | 216 | 7 | 9 | 197 | 3 | — | ||
| Total | 31 | 1281 | 1312 | 301 | 52 | 905 | 53 | 1 | ||
| (b.) "Contacts" (included in (a.) ). | Adults | M. | — | 66 | 66 | 10 | — | 56 | — | — |
| F. | — | 98 | 98 | 6 | — | 92 | — | — | ||
| Children under 15 | M. | – | 105 | 105 | — | 1 | 104 | — | — | |
| F. | 1 | 101 | 102 | 2 | 1 | 99 | — | — | ||
| (c.) Insured persons ( included in (a.)). | M. | 11 | 273 | 284 | 110 | 9 | 145 | 19 | 1 | |
| F. | 4 | 192 | 196 | 66 | 8 | 111 | 10 | 1 | ||