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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
London County Council 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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GRAND TOTALS.
| Particulars relating to area. | Period. | Persons examined for the first time daring the period at or in connection with the Dispensary. | 2. Total attendance at the dispensary. | 8 and 4. Home visits per 100 new cases of tuberculosis | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 ol tuberculosis. | Per systematic physical examination. | Percentage relating to insured persons. | By medical officer. | By nurses. | |||||||||||||||||
| All persons | Tuberculous. | Non-tuberculous. | Doubt ful. | Tuberculous. | Non-tuberculous. | Doubtful. | Insured. | Uninsured. | All cases. | Insured. | Uninsured. | All cases. | Insured. | Uninsured. | All cases. | Insured. | Un Insured | All cases. | |||||||
| Pulm. | Non-pulm. | Pulm. | Non-pulm. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Dispensaries (London). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Population (census 1911), 4,400,164. | April-June, 1916 | 322 | 74 | 17 | 140 | 91 | 230 | 52 | 435 | 283 | 230 | 14.2 | 1,126 | 3,777 | 2,505 | 3-6. | 4.8 | 4.5 | 21-6 | 41 | 146 | 102 | 377 | 1,099 | 823 |
| July-Dec., 1916 | 284 | 65 | 14 | 132 | 73 | 230 | 48 | 466 | 256 | 30.8 | 25.0 | 1,284 | 4,656 | 2,935 | 3.5 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 22-3 | 65 | 187 | 129 | 488 | 1,234 | 853 | |
| Average deaths per annum (1912-1916), 7744.31 | Jan.-June, 1917 | 383 | 91 | 19 | 184 | 89 | 238 | 50 | 480 | 232 | 31.2 | 33.7 | 1,166 | 3,892 | 2,506 | 3.6 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 23-7 | 37 | 137 | 86 | 348 | 1,016 | 677 |
| July-Dec., 1917 | 356 | 95 | 15 | 165 | 81 | 266 | 42 | 464 | 22S | 35.0 | 31.3 | 1,019 | 3,822 | 2,346 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 24-5 | 30 | 147 | 87 | 357 | 1,034 | 705 | |
| Jan.-June, 1918 | 433 | 116 | 17 | 197 | 103 | 269 | 39 | 455 | 237 | 33.3 | 38.1 | 1.089 | 4,139 | 2,443 | 3.7 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 24-8 | 35 | 110 | 90 | 395 | 1,010 | 668 | |
| July-Dec., 1918 | 343 | 95 | 14 | 140 | 94 | 276 | 42 | 408 | 274 | 34.9 | 30.2 | 1,384 | 4,368 | 2,650 | 4.3 | 5.9 | 5.2 | 30-1 | 36 | 133 | 94 | 380 | 1.077 | 760 | |
* Including St. Bart's Hospital, but excluding Hammersmith.