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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Table III.
county of london.
T uberculosis D ispensaries—analysis of R eturns, J an.—dec., 1919.
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| Borough. | Rxarained for the first time. | No. included under (2). Suffering from Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | No. included under (2). Sutfering from Non. Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | No. included under (2). Found to be Non. Tuberculous. | No. included under 2 where 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 hospital to which Dispensary affiliated. | Specimens of sputum examined. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Insured. | Uninsured. | 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 | 60 | 42 | 34 | 45 | 56 | 31 | 12 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | - | - | 6 | 17 | 23 | 11 | 32 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1408 | 925 | 239 | 235 | 1 | 1 | 1396 | 322 | 18 | 23 | 54 | 64 |
| Battersea | 285 | 139 | 37 | 173 | 643 | 122 | 53 | 14 | 26 | 113 | - | - | - | 3 | 14 | 77 | 39 | 9 | 104 | 324 | 86 | 47 | 14 | 40 | 192 | 1839 | 4630 | 560 | 868 | 140 | 161 | 847 | 1324 | 8 | 3 | 157 | 97 |
| Bermondsey | 159 | 73 | 3 | 106 | 531 | 76 | 42 | 1 | 30 | 39 | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | 12 | 43 | 16 | 2 | 43 | 353 | 35 | 14 | - | 32 | 127 | 1038 | 7353 | 552 | 1520 | 95 | 303 | 919 | 1118 | - | - | 222 | 127 |
| Bethnal Green | 241 | 92 | 39 | 139 | 226 | 90 | 27 | 16 | 25 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | - | 11 | 104 | 41 | 21 | 98 | 178 | 38 | 21 | 1 | 16 | 31 | 2273 | 2285 | 693 | 648 | 26 | 10 | 425 | 331 | 59 | 34 | 297 | 158 |
| Camberwell | 436 | 166 | 33 | 359 | 1015 | 171 | 59 | 17 | 57 | 32 | 11 | 5 | - | 15 | 53 | 42 | 20 | 5 | 170 | 543 | 212 | 82 | 11 | 117 | 387 | 5308 | 16660 | 2658 | 4448 | 276 | 389 | 3390 | 5832 | 91 | 159 | 591 | 295 |
| Chelsea | 123 | 45 | 11 | 79 | 168 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 5 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 34 | 16 | 4 | 40 | 114 | 63 | 15 | 6 | 29 | 47 | 1218 | 1487 | 340 | 452 | 9 | 6 | 1471 | 1557 | - | - | 355 | 159 |
| Deptford | 135 | 60 | 10 | 100 | 360 | 91 | 28 | 3 | 42 | 60 | 4 | 2 | - | 1 | 39 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 38 | 163 | 32 | 17 | 4 | 19 | 98 | 2352 | 3447 | 533 | 768 | 64 | 16 | 948 | 963 | 1 | 24 | 245 | 103 |
| Finsbury | 160 | 83 | 26 | 82 | 187 | 87 | 34 | 14 | 24 | 22 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 5 | 44 | 34 | 7 | 40 | 127 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 17 | 33 | 2562 | 1969 | 577 | 454 | 89 | 93 | 1032 | 965 | - | - | 107 | 29 |
| Fulham | 209 | 107 | 27 | 197 | 592 | 114 | 31 | 9 | 28 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 56 | 50 | 7 | 124 | 377 | 31 | 24 | 10 | 42 | 149 | 1444 | 8116 | 780 | 1831 | 301 | 1363 | 1318 | 2725 | 2 | - | 258 | 202 |
| Greenwich .. | 155 | 46 | 13 | 109 | 568 | 93 | 19 | 3 | 38 | 13 | - | - | - | - | 124 | 55 | 11 | 2 | 57 | 281 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 150 | 1811 | 6743 | 150e | 440 | - | - | 1063 | 2518 | 5 | 6 | 83 | 76 |
| 366 | 184 | 33 | 248 | 567 | 180 | 68 | 20 | 72 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 63 | 121 | 85 | 8 | 141 | 434 | 50 | 23 | 4 | 26 | 43 | 4827 | 5017 | 1218 | 1395 | 33 | 13 | 1989 | 3062 | 124 | 93 | 535 | 223 | |
| Hackney .. .. Hammersmith | 217 | 96 | 22 | 115 | 274 | 147 | 44 | 15 | 49 | 51 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 44 | 38 | 6 | 51 | 180 | 18 | 8 | - | 10 | 30 | 1675 | 2221 | 601 | 762 | 227 | 124 | 1863 | 1856 | - | - | 207 | 137 |
| Hampstead | 90 | 36 | 7 | 67 | 96 | 36 | 19 | 2 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | 3 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 31 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 43 | 437 | 1006 | 245 | 438 | 10 | 1 | 87 | 117 | - | - | - | 186a |
| Holborn | 38 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 630 | 444 | 178 | 151 | 7 | - | 575 | 457 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 7 |
| Islington | 520 | 179 | 58 | 180 | 392 | 260 | 75 | 26 | 67 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 189 | 75 | 25 | 84 | 291 | 63 | 27 | 5 | 28 | 43 | 5638 | 5201 | 1465 | 1325 | 158 | 163 | 1740 | 1905 | 2 | 3 | 346 | 105 |
| Kensington | 152 | 101 | 25 | 139 | 373 | 64 | 38 | 14 | 27 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 48 | 36 | 7 | 71 | 205 | 36 | 25 | 3 | 39 | 119 | 2441 | 5468 | 615 | 1154 | 174 | 584 | 2115 | 2091 | - | - | 183 | 104 |
| Lambeth | 448 | 211 | 39 | 224 | 442 | 203 | 55 | 18 | 58 | 29 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 154 | 133 | 98 | 15 | 114 | 125 | 93 | 46 | 5 | 44 | 134 | 5483 | 9145 | 1162 | 1291 | - | - | 246c | 312 | 130 | 151 | 171d | 93 |
| Lewisham | 133 | 39 | 14 | 73 | 167 | 98 | 28 | 10 | 40 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 116 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 923 | 1456 | 284 | 385 | 18 | 2 | 1010 | 952 | 8 | 1 | 76 | 32 |
| Paddington | 186 | 111 | 33 | 185 | 362 | 76 | 21 | 6 | 29 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 61 | 67 | 64 | 18 | 112 | 209 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 35 | 79 | 3257 | 6285 | 570 | 1030 | 249 | 491 | 1262 | 2428 | 20 | 47 | 92 | 58 |
| Poplar | 236 | 54 | 43 | 379 | 975 | 127 | 32 | 16 | 46 | 58 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 124 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 119 | 428 | 86 | 16 | 21 | 214 | 365 | 1221 | 8336 | 780 | 1591 | 18 | 4 | 1174 | 1202 | - | - | 296 | 264 |
| St. Marylebone | 130 | 63 | 26 | 94 | 209 | 65 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 32 | 29 | 13 | 53 | 86 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 27 | 94 | 1563 | 5162 | 288 | 526 | 266 | 447 | 556 | 1640 | 4 | 12 | 151 | 91 |
| St. Pancras | 201 | 53 | 25 | 104 | 287 | 121 | 32 | 15 | 50 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 47 | 49 | 9 | 6 | 39 | 175 | 1396 | 4470 | 890 | 2342 | 99 | 72 | 397 | 655 | 17 | 29 | 124 | 93 |
| Shoreditch | 238 | 122 | 34 | 159 | 317 | 133 | 57 | 14 | 39 | 39 | 3 | - | - | - | 5 | 66 | 44 | 13 | 78 | 225 | 36 | 21 | 7 | 42 | 48 | 3893 | 4772 | 820 | 850 | 95 | 99 | 1336 | 1218 | - | - | 182 | 85 |
| Southwark | 373 | 199 | 13 | 187 | 651 | 158 | 64 | 9 | 54 | 53 | 15 | - | - | 3 | 67 | 130 | 101 | 3 | 108 | 468 | 70 | 34 | 1 | 22 | 63 | 3915 | 3254 | 1199 | 1104 | 24 | 24 | 1233 | 1080 | 6 | 17 | 132 | 53 |
| Stepney | 347 | 132 | 127 | 696 | 1917 | 194 | 44 | 53 | 103 | 142 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 28 | 82 | 52 | 48 | 424 | 1043 | 69 | 35 | 25 | 169 | 704 | 4157 | 27086 | 1259 | 3776 | 309 | 2101 | 745 | 7851 | 3 | 37 | 227 | 384 |
| Stoke Newington .. | 58 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 69 | 39 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | 8 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 53 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 766 | 636 | 152 | 126 | 1 | - | 276 | 190 | 35 | 36 | 56 | 14 |
| Wandsworth | 385 | 156 | 39 | 301 | 857 | 244 | 82 | 19 | 111 | 40 | 11 | 3 | - | 4 | 31 | 103 | 59 | 14 | 157 | 750 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 29 | 36 | 6009 | 12281 | 1053 | 2255 | 31 | 20 | 1531 | 1629 | 30 | 39 | 227 | 222 |
| Westminster | 193 | 66 | 14 | 72 | 248 | 100 | 30 | 10 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 1 | - | 14 | 34 | 18 | 3 | 24 | 159 | 54 | 12 | - | 22 | 60 | 1676 | 3207 | 792 | 1156 | 41 | 55 | 1683 | 2476 | 6 | 12 | 205 | 44 |
| Woolwich | 338 | 126 | 26 | 304 | 934 | 123 | 41 | 8 | 38 | 43 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 32 | 107 | 45 | 9 | 159 | 591 | 106 | 39 | 9 | 105 | 268 | 4138 | 6586 | 1256 | 2780 | 339 | 394 | 2356 | 4093 | 2 | 1 | 209 | 85 |
(a) Records have not distinguished between insured and uninsured.
(b) In addition, 71 visits were made to insured and uninsured persons for nursing purposes.
(c) In addition, 1,579 visits were made by the nurse from the Branch Dispensary but no distinction is made between insured and uninsured patients.
(d) In addition, 143 specimens of sputum were examined, but no distinction is made between insured and uninsured.
(e) These figures relate to the first half.year. The numbers of systematic examinations are not obtainable for the period July to December.
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