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Wandsworth 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARIES.
The times at which Sessions are held at the two Tuberculosis
Dispensaries are as follows:—
(a.) At the Main Dispensary, Municipal Buildings, Fairfield
Street, Wandsworth, which serves the areas Putney, Southfield,
Fairfield, Springfield and North Clapham.
Monday: Morning and Afternoon.
Tuesday: Evening (7 p.m.), for those at work.
Thursday: Morning and Afternoon.
Saturday: Morning (for school children).
(b.) At the Branch Dispensary, 114, Gosberton Road,
Balham, which serves the areas Streatham, Tooting, Balham,
and South Clapham:—
Tuesday: Morning and Afternoon.
Thursday: Evening (7 p.m.), for those at work.
Friday: Morning.
New Cases in 1938.—The following Table shows the number
of new cases which attended during the year classified into adults
and children and according to the diagnosis arrived at.
TABLE XXII.
| Tuberculous. | Suspected Tuberculosis | Non-Tuberculous | Totals. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pul monary | Total | |||||
| Adults | M. | 157 | 22 | 179 | 50 | 292 | 521 |
| F. | 140 | 20 | 160 | 55 | 277 | 492 | |
| Children | M. | 5 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 217 | 237 |
| F. | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 246 | 266 | |
| Totals | 306 | 55 | 361 | 123 | 1032 | 1516 | |