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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| Particulars relating to area. | Period. | 1. Persons examined for the first time during the period at or in connection with the Dispensary. | 2. Total attendance at the dispensary. | 3 and 4. Home visits per 100 new cases of tuberculosis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Proportion per 100 deaths per annum from tuberculosis (average 1912-1916). | Proportion per 1,000 new persons who were found to be | Number of Insured persons per 100 new persons. | Number per 10,000 population in area served. | Per 100 new cases of tuberculosis. | Per systematic physical examination. | Percentage relating to Insured persons | By medical officer. | By nurses. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| All persons | Tuberculous. | Non-tuberculous. | Doubtful. | Tuberculous. | Non-tuberculous. | Doubtful. | Insured | Uninsured. | All cases. | Insured. | Uninsured. | All cases. | Insured. | Uninsured. | All cases. | Insured. | Uninsured. | All cases. | ||||||||||
| Pulm. | Non-pulm. | Pulm. | Non-pulm. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bethnal Green. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Victoria Park. | July-Dec., 1917 | 145 | 52 | 6 | 74 | 13 | 355 | 41 | 513 | 91 | 45.7 | 15.4 | 390 | 660 | 483 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 52.8 | 8 | - | 5 | - | - | - | |||
| Population of area (census 1911), 128,183. | Jan.- June, 1918 | 406 | 156 | 17 | 181 | 52 | 385 | 42 | 446 | 127 | 51.2 | 43.0 | 557 | 1,220 | 768 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 49.3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | - | - | - | |||
| July-Dec., 1918 | 315 | 87 | 13 | 182 | 33 | 276 | 42 | 579 | 103 | 43.6 | 33.3 | 1,134 | 2,070 | 1,492 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 46.9 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 301 | 287 | 296 | ||||
| Average deaths per annum (1912-1916), 271.4. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hackney. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Victoria Park. | April-June, 1916 | 348 | 152 | 14 | 148 | 34 | 436 | 39 | 427 | 98 | 45.6 | 15.6 | 795 | 1,269 | 985 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 48.2 | 5 | - | 3 | 278 | 528 | 378 | |||
| Population of area (census 1911), 130,604. | July-Dec., 1916 | 276 | 88 | 8 | 173 | 8 | 318 | 28 | 627 | 28 | 46.6 | 24.8 | 1,618 | 2,300 | 1,892 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 51.2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 424 | 511 | 459 | |||
| Jan.- June, 1917 | 705 | 106 | 28 | 530 | 41 | 150 | 40 | 752 | 58 | 36.0 | 63.3 | 1,316 | 3,104 | 1,931 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 44.7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 382 | 482 | 416 | ||||
| Average deaths per annum (1912-1916), 234.6. | July-Dec., 1917 | 605 | 104 | 21 | 454 | 26 | 172 | 35 | 751 | 42 | 32.3 | 54.4 | 1,281 | 2,227 | 1,648 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 47.6 | 8 | 95 | 41 | 441 | 921 | 627 | |||
| Jan.- June, 1918 | 652 | 89 | 28 | 483 | 51 | 136 | 44 | 741 | 78 | 28.9 | 58.6 | 1,430 | 2,483 | 1,904 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 41.4 | 11 | 157 | 76 | 431 | 903 | 644 | ||||
| July-Dec., 1918 | 406 | 81 | 9 | 277 | 39 | 200 | 21 | 683 | 97 | 37.8 | 36.4 | 1,447 | 3,072 | 2,050 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 44.4 | 23 | 13 | 19 | 383 | 821 | 546 | ||||
| Hackney. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Metropolitan. | April-June, 1916 | 203 | 83 | 11 | 40 | 69 | 409 | 56 | 197 | 338 | 53.5 | 7.7 | 848 | 1,466 | 1,072 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 50.3 | - | - | - | 529 | 958 | 685 | |||
| Population of area (census 1911), 91,929. | July-Dec., 1916 | 173 | 56 | 14 | 59 | 44 | 322 | 83 | 339 | 256 | 57.9 | 13.2 | 1,076 | 2,207 | 1,422 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 52.5 | - | - | - | 367 | 1,426 | 692 | |||
| Jan.- June, 1917 | 474 | 84 | 14 | 262 | 113 | 178 | 30 | 553 | 239 | 38.4 | 36.0 | 1,072 | 1,657 | 1,326 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 45.7 | - | - | - | 541 | 477 | 513 | ||||
| Average deaths per annum (1912-1916), 139.8. | July-Dec., 1917 | 602 | 175 | 6 | 356 | 66 | 290 | 9 | 592 | 109 | 29.2 | 45.8 | 849 | 1,160 | 983 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 41.9 | 3 | 42 | 23 | 338 | 542 | 443 | |||
| Jan.- June, 1918 | 753 | 205 | 13 | 489 | 46 | 272 | 17 | 650 | 61 | 34.4 | 57.2 | 1,024 | 1,182 | 1,126 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 46.5 | - | - | - | 696 | 297 | 497 | ||||
| July-Dec., 1918 | 465 | 176 | 11 | 46 | 232 | 379 | 25 | 98 | 499 | 33.8 | 35.3 | 1,434 | 1,959 | 1,667 | 12.6 | 14.0 | 13.3 | 48.0 | - | - | - | 258 | 367 | 306 | ||||
| Stoke Newington. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Metropolitan. | April-June, 1916 | 140 | 67 | 17 | 11 | 45 | 480 | 120 | 80 | 320 | 60.0 | 4.9 | 530 | 1,560 | 867 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 40.5 | - | - | - | 600 | 700 | 634 | |||
| Population of area (census 1911), 50,659. | July-Dec., 1916 | 118 | 56 | 14 | 14 | 34 | 476 | 119 | 119 | 286 | 54.8 | 8.3 | 824 | 1,800 | 1,136 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 49.3 | - | - | - | 559 | 1,050 | 716 | |||
| Jan.- June, 1917 | 210 | 64 | 17 | 76 | 53 | 307 | 80 | 360 | 253 | 56.0 | 14.8 | 735 | 2,245 | 1,204 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 42.1 | - | - | - | 390 | 911 | 552 | ||||
| Average deaths per annum (1912-1916), 71.4. | July-Dec., 1917 | 196 | 104 | 11 | 45 | 36 | 529 | 57 | 229 | 186 | 40.0 | 13.8 | 905 | 1,073 | 995 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 42.2 | - | - | - | 416 | 578 | 503 | |||
| Jan.- June, 1918 | 272 | 185 | 20 | 48 | 20 | 680 | 72 | 175 | 72 | 48.5 | 19.2 | 636 | 962 | 787 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 43.1 | - | - | - | 144 | 309 | 221 | ||||
| July-Dec., 1918 | 263 | 154 | 20 | 53 | 36 | 585 | 74 | 202 | 138 | 42.5 | 18.6 | 1,117 | 1,496 | 1,282 | 14.0 | 16.1 | 15.0 | 49.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Holborn. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University. | April-June, 1916 | 166 | 63 | - | 67 | 36 | 381 | - | 405 | 214 | 33.3 | 8.5 | 922 | 1,857 | 1,331 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 39.0 | 11 | - | 6 | 1,156 | 1,928 | 1,494 | |||
| Population of area (census 1911), 49,357. | July-Dec., 1916 | 176 | 57 | - | 63 | 55 | 326 | - | 360 | 315 | 40.5 | 18.0 | 1,318 | 2,330 | 1,773 | 31 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 41.0 | 56 | 54 | 55 | 1,368 | 2,815 | 2,017 | |||
| Jan.- June, 1917 | 250 | 47 | - | 91 | 112 | 189 | - | 362 | 449 | 59.1 | 25.7 | 1,918 | 4,530 | 2,678 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 50.7 | 12 | - | 8 | 1,465 | 4,143 | 2,245 | ||||
| Average deaths per annum (1912-1916), 101.4. | July-Dec., 1917 | 152 | 59 | 2 | 12 | 79 | 390 | 13 | 78 | 520 | 61.0 | 15.6 | 1,482 | 3,190 | 1,977 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 53.2 | 41 | - | 29 | 1,341 | 3,244 | 1,894 | |||
| Jan.- June, 1918 | 217 | 81 | 6 | 32 | 99 | 373 | 27 | 145 | 454 | 63.6 | 22.3 | 1,288 | 4,050 | 1,792 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 58.9 | 22 | 12 | 20 | 1,030 | 3,224 | 1,409 | ||||
| July-Dec., 1918 | 124 | 45 | - | 30 | 49 | 365 | - | 238 | 397 | 50.8 | 12.8 | 2,446 | 4,083 | 2,875 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 62.9 | 12 | - | 9 | 929 | 1,700 | 1,130 | ||||
| St. Pancras. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University. | April-June, 1916 | 197 | 61 | 11 | 80 | 45 | 308 | 58 | 404 | 231 | 42.3 | 11.5 | 440 | 2,775 | 932 | 2.5 | 21 | 2.2 | 37.3 | 13 | - | 11 | 173 | 925 | 332 | |||
| 55580 | Population of area (census 1911), 45,255. | July-Dec., 1916 | 235 | 80 | 6 | 83 | 66 | 339 | 24 | 355 | 282 | 62.1 | 27.4 | 663 | 3,220 | 1,226 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 42.0 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 174 | 920 | 340 | ||
| Jan.- June, 1917 | 161 | 87 | 9 | 23 | 42 | 541 | 59 | 141 | 259 | 50.6 | 18.8 | 1,034 | 1,354 | 1,173 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 50.2 | 7 | - | 4 | 238 | 477 | 341 | ||||
| Average deaths per annum (1912-1916), 105.6. | July-Dec., 1917 | 186 | 76 | 9 | 8 | 93 | 408 | 51 | 41 | 500 | 43.9 | 21.7 | 1,408 | 1,953 | 1,638 | 4.4 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 49.7 | - | 5 | 2 | 188 | 474 | 309 | |||
| Jan.- June, 1918 | 248 | 100 | 6 | 21 | 121 | 404 | 23 | 84 | 488 | 55.0 | 29.0 | 1,239 | 2,954 | 1,699 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 53.4 | 2 | - | 2 | 451 | 1,313 | 682 | ||||
| July-Dec., 1918 | 150 | 63 | 4 | 32 | 51 | 418 | 25 | 215 | 342 | 59.5 | 17.5 | 1,577 | 3,900 | 2,175 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 53.9 | 12 | 22 | 14 | 458 | 733 | 529 | ||||
| Shoreditch. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City-road. | April-June, 1916 | 363 | 63 | - | 260 | 40 | 174 | - | 715 | 111 | 26.7 | 24.2 | 2,116 | 5,720 | 3,800 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 29.6 | 32 | 191 | 106 | 1,432 | 3,892 | 2,584 | |||
| Population of area (census 1911), 111,390. | July-Dec., 1916 | 260 | 44 | 6 | 170 | 40 | 171 | 23 | 654 | 152 | 27.4 | 34.8 | 2,430 | 6,740 | 4,380 | 4.6 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 30.3 | 56 | 141 | 95 | 1,448 | 4,318 | 2,750 | |||
| Jan.- June, 1917 | 313 | 78 | 7 | 185 | 42 | 253 | 21 | 591 | 135 | 35.8 | 41.9 | 1,382 | 5,687 | 2,894 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 30.9 | 34 | 84 | 52 | 317 | 1.409 | 701 | ||||
| Average deaths per annum (1912-1916), 298.2. | July-Dec., 1917 | 275 | 90 | 4 | 133 | 48 | 327 | 15 | 483 | 176 | 38.0 | 36.8 | 1,260 | 4,423 | 2,346 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 35.3 | 25 | 79 | 44 | 489 | 1,408 | 805 | |||
| Jan.- June, 1918 | 316 | 112 | 7 | 148 | 49 | 355 | 21 | 469 | 155 | 34.2 | 42.3 | 1,372 | 4,003 | 2,471 | 5.2 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 32.3 | 31 | 55 | 41 | 586 | 1,314 | 890 | ||||
| July-Dec., 1918 | 283 | 102 | 1 | 150 | 30 | 359 | 5 | 530 | 106 | 35.2 | 38.0 | 1,528 | 4,051 | 2,478 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 38.4 | 26 | 72 | 44 | 638 | 1,547 | 989 | ||||
| Finsbury. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City-road. | Dec. 1-31, 1916 | 51 | 39 | - | 6 | 6 | 778 | - | 111 | 111 | 66.6 | 1.0 | 30.0 | 267 | 286 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 600 | 50 | 33 | 43 | 100 | 333 | 200 | |||
| Population of area (census 1911), 87,923. | Jan.- June, 1917 | 223 | 83 | 7 | 105 | 28 | 374 | 29 | 471 | 126 | 35.7 | 27.1 | 559 | 1,168 | 857 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 33.3 | 43 | 68 | 55 | 296 | 370 | 332 | |||
| July-Dec., 1917 | 197 | 92 | 3 | 81 | 22 | 467 | 14 | 410 | 110 | 45.2 | 23.9 | 654 | 1,788 | 1,035 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 41.9 | 33 | 112 | 59 | 598 | 1,182 | 795 | ||||
| Average deaths per annum (1912-1916), 213.6. | Jan.- June, 1918 | 282 | 108 | 4 | 137 | 34 | 382 | 13 | 485 | 120 | 35.5 | 34.2 | 1,278 | 1,876 | 1,534 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 47.6 | 46 | 82 | 61 | 853 | 1,037 | 932 | |||
| July-Dec., 1918 | 186 | 91 | - | 71 | 24 | 487 | - | 382 | 131 | 45.7 | 22.6 | 1,762 | 2,135 | 1,905 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 57.2 | 55 | 116 | 78 | 723 | 1,352 | 963 | ||||
| Islington. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City-road. | July-Dec., 1916 | 241 | 68 | 5 | 149 | 19 | 282 | 19 | 619 | 80 | 30.1 | 24.2 | 694 | 1,338 | 1,008 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 35.1 | 67 | 74 | 70 | 350 | 522 | 434 | |||
| Population of area (census 1911), 129,072 | Jan.- June, 1917 | 285 | 96 | 8 | 141 | 40 | [335 | 30 | 495 | 141 | 41.1 | 28.7 | 989 | 2,432 | 1,490 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 43.2 | 39 | 68 | 49 | 261 | 681 | 407 | |||
| July-Dec., 1917 | 268 | 116 | 2 | 116 | 32 | 435 | 9 | 435 | 121 | 44.1 | 26.9 | 978 | 2,462 | 1,486 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 43.8 | 23 | 75 | 40 | 417 | 865 | 568 | ||||
| Average deaths per annum (1912-1916), 259.4. | Jan.- June, 1918 | 365 | 152 | 5 | 158 | 50 | 415 | 15 | 432 | 137 | 39.9 | 36.7 | 1,029 | 2,890 | 1,659 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 41.0 | 30 | 65 | 42 | 384 | 914 | 564 | |||
| July-Dec., 1918 | 307 | 134 | 8 | 131 | 34 | 435 | 28 | 427 | 111 | 44.7 | 30.8 | 1,175 | 2,930 | 1,700 | 5.7 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 48.5 | 30 | 85 | 47 | 349 | 1,236 | 614 | ||||
| Islington. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Great Northern. | May-June, 1917* | 394 | 151 | 18 | 194 | 31 | 384 | 46 | 493 | 78 | 48.4 | 11.0 | 412 | 710 | 558 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 44.6 | 34 | 61 | 46 | 147 | 259 | 196 | |||
| Population of area (census 1911), 198,331. | July-Dec., 1917 | 238 | 106 | 8 | 111 | 13 | 446 | 33 | 466 | 55 | 59.0 | 20.0 | 729 | 1,314 | 923 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 52.8 | 40 | 52 | 44 | 308 | 549 | 388 | |||
| Jan.- June, 1918 | 212 | 95 | 7 | 103 | 7 | 448 | 34 | 487 | 31 | 53.8 | 17. 8 | 864 | 1,502 | 1,150 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 48.8 | 32 | 63 | 44 | 327 | 774 | 495 | ||||
| Average deaths per annum (1912-1916), 333.6. | July-Dec., 1918 | 164 | 71 | 5 | 80 | 8 | 432 | 29 | 487 | 51 | 51.3 | 13.8 | 1,165 | 2,070 | 1,524 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 46.1 | 26 | 64 | 41 | 346 | 870 | 554 | |||
| St. Marylebone. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Middlesex. | July- Dec., 1916 | 70 | 33 | 5 | 28 | 5 | 467 | 67 | 400 | 67 | 66.7 | 4.8 | 486 | 600 | 500 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 85.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Population of area (census 1911), 31,111. | Jan.- June, 1917 | 104 | 59 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 546 | 91 | 91 | 273 | 72.7 | 7.1 | 725 | 1,000 | 764 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 81.3 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| July-Dec., 1917 | 308 | 100 | 66 | 76 | 66 | 323 | 215 | 246 | 215 | 46.2 | 20.9 | 906 | 463 | 666 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 62.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Average deaths per annum (1912-1916), 42.2. | Jan.- June, 1918 | 156 | 85 | 28 | 24 | 19 | 546 | 182 | 151 | 121 | 51.5 | 10.6 | 317 | 375 | 346 | 1.7 | 5.0 | 2.7 | 45.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| July- Dec., 1918 | 123 | 38 | 28 | 33 | 24 | 308 | 231 | 269 | 192 | 57.7 | 8.4 | 866 | 1,720 | 1,171 | 7.1 | 58.7 | 1.7 | 47.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| St. Marylebone. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Margaret- street. | July-Dec., 1916 | 98 | 27 | - | 60 | 11 | 278 | - | 611 | 111 | 55.6 | 5.9 | 1,050 | 1,700 | 1,180 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 71.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Population of area (census 1911), 30,474. | Jan.- June, 1917 | 54 | 11 | - | 38 | 5 | 200 | - | 700 | 100 | 300 | 3.3 | 3,100 | -_ | 7,750 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 40.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| July-Dec., 1917 | 82 | 16 | 5 | 27 | 33 | 200 | 67 | 333 | 400 | 53.4 | 4.9 | 2,166 | 10,600 | 4,275 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 38.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Average deaths per annum (1912-1916), 36-8. | Jan.- June, 1918 | 125 | 49 | 5 | 49 | 22 | 391 | 43 | 391 | 174 | 60.9 | 7.5 | 1,628 | 13,233 | 2,110 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 54.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| July-Dec., 1918 | 147 | 87 | - | 38 | 22 | 593 | - | 259 | 148 | 44.4 | 8.9 | 1,562 | 1,362 | 1,462 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 53.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||