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]
This page requires JavaScript
TABLE III
Tuberculosis Dispensaries-Analysis of Returns, Jan.-Dec., 1918.
| 1 Borough. | 2 Examined for the first time | 3 No. included under (2). Suffering from Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | 4 No. included under (2). Suffering from Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | 5 No. included under (2). Found to be Non-Tuberculous. | 6 No. included under 2 when Diagnosis Doubtful. | 7 Total Attendances at Dispensary, including those under column 2. | 8 Attendances included in column 7 at which systematic examination and records were made. | 9 Visits to homes made by Dispensary Medical Officers. | 10 Visits to homes made by Dispensary Nurses. | 11 Referred to hospital to which Dispensary affiliated. | 12 Specimens of sputum examined. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insured. | Unisured | Insured. | Uninsured. | Insured. | Uninsured. | Insured. | Uninsured. | Insured. | Uninsured. | Insured. | Uninsured | Insured. | Uninsured. | Insured. | Uninsured. | Insured. | Uninsured. | Insured. | Uninsured. | Insured. | Uninsured. | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 75 | 26 | 43 | 17 | 36 | 29 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 1 | - | - | 1 | ... | 1 | 36 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 4 | - | 3 | 1603 | 788 | 334 | 226 | - | 1 | 99a | 233a | 10 | 8 | 85 | 46 |
| Battersea | 420 | 123 | 3 | 232 | 569 | 188 | 32 | 15 | 26 | 77 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 109 | 51 | 10 | 132 | 310 | 122 | 40 | 14 | 74 | 180 | 1792 | 4094 | 495 | 538 | 191 | 414 | 1022 | 2154 | 1 | 1 | 145 | 55 |
| Bormondsoy | 154 | 70 | 22 | 82 | 298 | 103 | 38 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | 20 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 24 | 148 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 34 | 103 | 842 | 5532 | 302 | 943 | 16 | 32 | 50 | 745 | - | - | 95 | 39 |
| Betdnal Green | 365 | 103 | 108 | 168 | 234 | 176 | 53 | 59 | 35 | 7 | 10 | 5 | _ | 2 | 24 | 147 | 31 | 34 | 103 | 178 | 32 | 14 | 15 | 27 | 26 | 1843 | 1991 | 673 | 682 | 28 | 12 | ... | ... | 80 | 60 | 456 | 207 |
| Camberwell | 502 | 183 | 104 | 374 | 1253 | 259 | 76 | 42 | 87 | 123 | 10 | 6 | - | 5 | 83 | 66 | 18 | 20 | 158 | 748 | 167 | 83 | 42 | 124 | 299 | 4047 | 18055 | 1659 | 4030 | (b) | (b) | 820 | 2396 | 110 | 140 | 208 | 138 |
| Chelsea | 60 | 39 | 18 | 68 | 105 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 10 | _ | ... | - | ... | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 48 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 49 | 44 | 720 | 979 | 204 | 346 | 5 | 5 | 400 | 655 | - | - | 136 | 125 |
| Deptford | 152 | 39 | 34 | 127 | 300 | 79 | 28 | 20 | 34 | 50 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 50 | 5 | 10 | 57 | 156 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 3l | 63 | 1509 | 3891 | 458 | 736 | 10 | 15 | 1300 | 2371 | 3 | 17 | 207 | 137 |
| Finsbury | 139 | 59 | 27 | 44 | 231 | 100 | 28 | 22 | 27 | 35 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 16 | 23 | 4 | 13 | 166 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 1926 | 1747 | 386 | 388 | 64 | 85 | 1014 | 1029 | - | - | 69 | 25 |
| Fulham | 195 | 103 | 46 | 130 | 454 | 80 | 44 | 15 | 42 | 53 | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | 9 | 89 | 45 | 26 | 67 | 252 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 21 | 140 | 1223 | 8465 | 281 | 771 | 14 | 35e | 1012 | 2299 | not re | corded | 182 | 45 |
| Greenwich | 130 | 52 | 24 | 83 | 396 | 84 | 33 | 8 | 27 | 25 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 56 | 29 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 210 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 105 | 1377 | 6889 | 272 | 658 | Not g | iven | 951 | 2742 | 19 | 10 | 99 | 68 |
| Hackney | 434 | 258 | 205 | 364 | 831 | 233 | 41 | 114 | 46 | 31 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 142 | 173 | 69 | 245 | 637 | 50 | 36 | 19 | 72 | 123 | 3868 | 4771 | 992 | 1421 | 23 | 102 | 1298 | 1319 | 79 | 99 | 350 | 256 |
| Hammersmith (d) | 59 | 24 | 3 | 23 | 72 | 44 | 18 | 1 | 14 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 234 | 278 | 114 | 154 | 44 | 46 | 16 | 50e | not affi | liated | 18 | 7 |
| Hampstead | 74 | 38 | 50 | 73 | 136 | 50 | 20 | 27 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 6 | ... | ... | 15 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 99 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 355 | 1466 | 183 | 458 | - | 1 | 68 | 229 | (c) | (c) | 54 | 99 |
| Holborn | 69 | 33 | 14 | 17 | 40 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .. | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 880 | 569 | 271 | 197 | 10 | 1 | 520 | 360 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 13 |
| Islington | 537 | 160 | 106 | 200 | 495 | 351 | 88 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 155 | 54 | 34 | 89 | 348 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 37 | 50 | 4706 | 5603 | 1112 | 1340 | 133 | 164 | 1579 | 2241 | 3 | 1 | 272 | 129 |
| Kensington | 176 | 87 | 61 | 133 | 380 | 83 | 24 | 17 | 35 | 24 | 2 | 6 | ... | 2 | 31 | 45 | 19 | 21 | 37 | 126 | 46 | 38 | 23 | 59 | 199 | 2481 | 6863 | 403 | 929 | 269 | 513 | 565 | 1490 | ... | 1 | 87 | 70 |
| Lambeth | 548 | 233 | 109 | 239 | 479 | 228 | 78 | 44 | 64 | 25 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 112 | 130 | 49 | 26 | 84 | 122 | 166 | 95 | 37 | 78 | 220 | 5416 | 9614 | 1557 | 2196 | - | - | 25 | 04 | 107 | 150 | 6 | 20 |
| Lewisham | 165 | 55 | 51 | 67 | 179 | 102 | 28 | 32 | 31 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 54 | 18 | 17 | 31 | 118 | 3 | 4 | - | 1 | 14 | 851 | 1382 | 220 | 297 | 8 | 5 | 1103 | 1210 | 5 | 1 | 70 | 39 |
| Paddington | 189 | 110 | 54 | 137 | 384 | 50 | 21 | 7 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 47 | 100 | 55 | 37 | 87 | 222 | 34 | 25 | 7 | 28 | 104 | 2771 | 5943 | 332 | 895 | 168 | 362 | 1097 | 3142 | 13 | 52 | 55 | 46 |
| Poplar | 249 | 63 | 54 | 323 | 817 | 127 | 30 | 21 | 65 | 63 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 73 | 44 | 11 | 11 | 94 | 308 | 75 | 19 | 21 | 163 | 373 | 1042 | 8388 | 383 | 1237 | 12 | 38 | 100 | 755 | - | - | 255 | 245 |
| St. Marylebone | 167 | 109 | 50 | 107 | 247 | 81 | 35 | 14 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 47 | 38 | 21 | 46 | 79 | 37 | 35 | 13 | 35 | 139 | 1587 | 4616 | 206 | 470 | 178 | 693 | 467 | 1411 | 6 | 17 | 201 | 126 |
| St. Pancras | 280 | 94 | 44 | 110 | 327 | 200 | 50 | 26 | 55 | 66 | 5 | 2 | - | 3 | 34 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 43 | 63 | 33 | 17 | 42 | 184 | 1684 | 4469 | 735 | 1590 | 94 | 69 | 460 | 755 | 14 | 22 | 65 | 35 |
| Shoreditch | 207 | 103 | 34 | 144 | 406 | 155 | 41 | 25 | 39 | 59 | 3 | ... | 2 | - | 7 | 33 | 45 | 4 | 74 | 289 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 31 | 51 | 2880 | 5313 | 531 | 857 | 57 | 83 | 1216 | 1870 | ... | ... | 115 | 62 |
| Soutdwark | 464 | 205 | 28 | 199 | 902 | 238 | 70 | 15 | 51 | 65 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 70 | 181 | 100 | 6 | 123 | 643 | 41 | 30 | 5 | 17 | 124 | 3455 | 3368 | 1206 | 1396 | 13 | 28 | 1219 | 1070 | 3 | 20 | 136 | 96 |
| Stepney | 822 | 94 | 486 | 746 | 2106 | 382 | 29 | 142 | 82 | 60 | 9 | _ | 5 | 1 | 63 | 132 | 38 | 140 | 473 | 1225 | 299 | 27 | 199 | 190 | 758 | 7323 | 37924 | 46 | 47e | 22 | 85e | 94 | 62e | 10 | 159 | 68 | 1e |
| Stoke Newington | 69 | 18 | 31 | 20 | 55 | 54 | 16 | 27 | 13 | 13 | 4 | _ | 1 | - | 9 | 9 | 2 | - | 4 | 21 | 2 | - | 3 | 3 | 12 | 639 | 731 | 98 | 93 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 15 | 32 | 23 |
| Wandsworth | 295 | 124 | 98 | 221 | 614 | 192 | 68 | 55 | 90 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 51 | 69 | 43 | 35 | 111 | 501 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 4057 | 13228 | 789 | 1494 | 7 | 4 | 649 | 1060 | 1 | 6 | 176 | 186 |
| Westminster | 177 | 105 | 65 | 80 | 352 | 97 | 59 | 32 | 36 | 27 | 3 | 2 | - | 7 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 14 | 22 | 212 | 56 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 95 | 1110 | 2647 | 707 | 1306 | 53 | 184 | 918f | 1744f | 5 | 8 | 127 | 83 |
| Woolwich | 319 | 167 | 72 | 126 | 637 | 177 | 66 | 12 | 30 | 60 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 30 | 51 | 46 | 6 | 51 | 314 | 90 | 50 | 52 | 35 | 233 | 3629 | 5680 | 953 | 1704 | 379 | 358 | 982 | 957 | 3 | - | 156 | 86 |