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 London County Council]
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Borough. | Examined for the first time. | No. included under (2). Suffering from Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | No. included under (2). Suffering from Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | No. included under (2). Found to be Non-Tuberculous. | No. included under - when Diagnosis Doubtful. | Total Attendances at Dispensary, including those under column 2. | Attendances included in column 7 at which systematic examination and records were made. | Visits to homes made by Dispensary Medical Officers. | Visits to homes made by Dispensary Nurses. | Referred to hospitals to which Dispensary affiliated. | Specimens of sputum examined. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Insured. | Uninsured. | Insured. | Uninsured. | Insured. | Uninsured. | Insured. | Uninsured. | Insured. | Uninsured. | Insured. | Uninsured | Insured. | Uninsured. | Insured. | Uninsured. | Insured. | Uninsured. | Insured. | Un-insured. | Insured. | Un in. sured. | ||||||||||||||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | Chldn. | M. | F. | M. | F. | Chldn. | M. | F. | M | F. | Chldn. | M. | F. | M. | F. | Chldn. | M. | F. | M. | F. | Chldn. | |||||||||||||
City of London | 79 | 33 | 29 | 9 | 24 | 29 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 38 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1339 | 614 | 220 | 129 | 4 | 1 | 113† | 196† | 10 | 7 | 84 | 29 |
Battersea | 343 | 92 | 23 | 245 | 766 | 130 | 22 | 5 | 42 | 125 | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 | 6 | 148 | 33 | 7 | 141 | 380 | 64 | 36 | 11 | 59 | 255 | 1500 | [4848 | 364 | 655 | 146 | 546 | 474 | 2074 | 1 | 3 | 123 | 53 |
Bermondsey | 208 | 55 | 18 | 79 | 274 | 118 | 31 | 8 | 30 | 37 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ... | 29 | 42 | 10 | 5 | 25 | 121 | 44 | 10 | 4 | 24 | 87 | 1230 | 6864 | 441 | 993 | 4 | 109 | 111 | 496 | ... | 1 | 114 | 78 |
Bethnal Green (a) | 70 | 20 | 12 | 27 | 68 | 41 | 9 | 8 | 12 | _ | 1 | – | – | _ | 7 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 53 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 199 | 178 | 100 | 128 | 4 | – | – | – | 2 | 7 | 72 | 21 |
Camborwell | 549 | 160 | 117 | 374 | 1157 | 237 | 77 | 4 0 | 89 | 93 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 106 | 168 | 36 | 4 | 172 | 622 | 132 | 44 | 23 | 107 | 336 | 4229 | 20442 | 1552 | 3971 | —25 56h— | 73 | 76 | 136(g) | 96(g) | |||
Chelsea (b) | 52 | 28 | 16 | 60 | 112 | 25 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 12 | ... | 1 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 32 | 81 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 272 | 518 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 220 | 535 | 70 | 108 | ||||
Deptford | 197 | 47 | 31 | 114 | 388 | 107 | 22 | 14 | 43 | 81 | ... | 4 | 2 | 9 | 34 | 82 | 10 | 15 | 47 | 225 | 8 | 11 | ... | 15 | 48 | 1492 | 3745 | 470 | 763 | 29 | 25 | 1221 | 2671 | 4 | 22 | 269 | 86 |
Finsbury | 138 | 42 | 24 | 46 | 198 | 92 | 24 | 15 | 24 | 32 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 18 | 135 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 712 | 1157 | 245 | 417 | 43 | 70 | 546 | 576 | – | – | 65 | 32 |
Fulham | 260 | 128 | 47 | 227 | 750 | 111 | 42 | 15 | 50 | 65 | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | 8 | 73 | 54 | 15 | 117 | 454 | 73 | 30 | 17 | 60 | 223 | 1052 | 6528 | 501 | 1496 | 151 | 745 | 727 | 1977 | – | _ | 202 | 214 |
Greenwich | 137 | 49 | 12 | 79 | 451 | 103 | 23 | 5 | 34 | 43 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 57 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 19 | 225 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 26 | 126 | 1150 | 6173 | 262 | 669 | – | – | 1165 | 2928 | 20 | 5 | 86 | 66 |
Hackney | 473 | 314 | 153 | 376 | 983 | 212 | 73 | 76 | 45 | 31 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 51 | 212 | 201 | 59 | 296 | 819 | 39 | 32 | 17 | 33 | 82 | 3445 | 4160 | 1157 | 1936 | 16 | 84 | 1207 | 1280 | 51 | 36 | 565 | 229 |
Hammersmith (i) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hampstead | 74 | 36 | 60 | 60 | 153 | 53 | 24 | 37 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 114 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 348 | 1334 | 180 | 536 | 4 | 1 | 137 | 619 | 30 | 110 | 94 | 97 | |
Holbom | 99 | 23 | 33 | 17 | 32 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 45 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 16 | 652 | 604 | 264 | 205 | 11 | – | 544 | 582 | – | 3 | 64 | 43 ! | ||||
Islington (c) | 513 | 132 | 106 | 156 | 426 | 294 | 67 | 60 | 70 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 181 | 48 | 38 | 65 | 295 | 30 | 16 | 7 | 18 | 62 | 3027 | 3543 | 874 | 1038 | 126 | 129 | 1124 | 1222 | _ | 2 | 148 | 941 |
Kensington | 135 | 73 | 40 | 87 | 268 | 55 | 30 | 14 | 22 | 36 | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | 8 | 46 | 18 | 16 | 28 | 90 | 32 | 22 | 10 | 35 | 134 | 1248 | 4703 | 253 | 551 | 121 | 482 | 571 | 1578 | — | – | 150 | 211 |
Lambeth (e) | 520 | 217 | 90 | 300 | 465 | 191 | 72 | 31 | 61 | 30 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 17 | 190 | 143 | 68 | 15 | 123 | 150 | 176 | 58 | 41 | 99 | 95 | 5131 | 8134 | 1301 | 1693 | 9 | 73 | 10 | 29d | l18 | 122 | 419 | 236 |
e237 | 367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lewisham | 156 | 45 | 43 | 70 | 234 | 77 | 23 | 11 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 28 | 69 | 16 | 29 | 30 | 186 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 859 | 1456 | 201 | 347 | 17 | 19 | 995 | 1174 | 10 | 13 | 68 | 49 |
Padding ton | 210 | 117 | 56 | 122 | 356 | 73 | 26 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 50 | 83 | 60 | 35 | 59 | 175 | 43 | 28 | 13 | 34 | 101 | 1949 | 5769 | 311 | 791 | 171 | 357 | 706 | 3523 | 16 | 46 | 64 | 49 | |
Poplar | 196 | 58 | 57 | 312 | 826 | 85 | 32 | 19 | 72 | 47 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 81 | 42 | 14 | 19 | 87 | 314 | 67 | 10 | 19 | 152 | 384 | 983 | 8964 | 276 | 1439 | 24 | 87 | 133 | 887 | 1 | 6 | 186 | 183 | |
St. Marylebone | 151 | 82 | 54 | 78 | 183 | 74 | 35 | 19 | 24 | 40 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | g | 44 | 26 | 19 | 34 | 55 | 28 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 79 | 1528 | 2828 | 247 | ;15 4 | 62 | 334 | 299 | 1397 | 9 | 13 | 138 | 74 |
St. Pancras | 250 | 85 | 65 | 89 | 265 | 178 | 52 | 42 | 54 | 53 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 35 | g | 10 | 3 | 8 | 49 | 58 | 18 | 17 | 25 | 128 | 1434 | 2989 | 551 | 990 | 55 | 33 | 430 | 978 | 35 | 61 | 86 | 66 |
Shoreditch | 219 | 104 | 43 | 119 | 392 | 131 | 41 | 27 | 22 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 56 | 51 | 12 | 72 | 283 | : 31 | 10 | 4 | 25 | 65 | 2307 | 4682 | 550 | 1301 | 51 | 76 | 713 | 1310 | 143 | 77 | ||||
Southwark | 372 | 238 | 37 | 194 | 891 | 221 | 71 | 14 | 64 | 85 | 3 | 5 | 3 | _ | 76 | 118 | 141 | 15 | 118 | 666 | 30 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 64 | 3798 | 3515 | 1213 | 1151 | 12 | 12 | 1332 | 1416 | 14 | 75 | 37 | |
Stepney (j) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stoke Newington | 61 | 9 | 17 | 18 | 40 | 32 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | _ | 1 | 7 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 319 | 438 | 106 | 110 | — | _ | 146 | 220 | 2 | 45 | 109 | ||||
Wandsworth | 250 | 97 | 83 | 204 | 585 | 157 | 56 | 44 | 50 | 34 | 5 | 6 | _ | 2 | 23 | 66 | 27 | 28 | 135 | 503 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 25 | 2883 | 9486 | 605 | 1427 | 9 | 757 | 1209 | 2 | 8 | 151 | 175 | |
W eatminster | 186 | 83 | 37 | 69 | 343 | 86 | 47 | 15 | 31 | 35 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 45 | 15 | 7 | 27 | 187 | 53 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 95 | 888 | 1464 | 573 | 1038 | 46 | 151 | 712 | 1780 | 3 | 99 | 29 | |
Woolwich | 322 | 201 | 66 | 185 | 707 | 135 | 54 | 16 | 43 | 67 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 108 | 72 | 23 | 84 | 412 | 76 | 56 | 20 | 38 | 209 | 3279 | 5217 | 1138 | 2032 | 226 | 214 | 510 | 1017 | 5 | 194 | 64 |
(a) Bethnal Green Dispensary opened 1st October, 1917. (b) Chelsea—April to December, 1917. (c) Islington Northern Dispensary opened 1st May, 1917. (d) Records have not distinguished between insured and uninsured.
(e) The figures supplied from this Branch Dispensary are for six months. (J) In addition 53 visits were made to insured and uninsured persons for nursing purposes. (g) Only refers to sputum rent to borough bacteriologist for examination.
(h) This number is incomplete. (i) No scheme in operation in 1917. Provision of municipal dispensary approved by the London County Council, May, 1918.
(j) Scheme of borough council approved by London County Council, May, 1918. Work previously done by three voluntary dispensaries now included in Scheme of borough council.