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London County Council 1919

[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.UninsuredInsured.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 London604234455631122111254--6172311324173227140892523923511139632218235464
Battersea28513937173643122531426113---31477399104324864714401921839463056086814016184713248315797
Bermondsey15973310653176421303951-11243162433533514-32127103873535521520953039191118--222127
Bethnal Green2419239139226902716256931-111044121981783821116312273228569364826104253315934297158
Camberwell43616633359101517159175732115-1553422051705432128211117387530816660265844482763893390583291159591295
Chelsea1234511791682613195-1-113416440114631562947121814873404529614711557--355159
Deptford135601010036091283426042-139813338163321741998235234475337686416948963124245103
Finsbury16083268218787341424223--1544347401272615517332562196957745489931032965--10729
Fulham20910727197592114319283483133656507124377312410421491444811678018313011363131827252-258202
Greenwich ..1554613109568931933813----124551125728171681415018116743150e440--10632518568376
36618433248567180682072271581963121858141434502342643482750171218139533131989306212493535223
Hackney .. .. Hammersmith2179622115274147441549518615134438651180188-10301675222160176222712418631856--207137
Hampstead9036767963619226541-3171383123137822643437100624543810187117---186a
Holborn38174102920613211--211612146425116304441781517-57545753217
Islington520179581803922607526673582212318975258429163275284356385201146513251581631740190523346105
Kensington1521012513937364381427354212144836771205362533911924415468615115417458421152091--183104
Lambeth4482113922444220355185829191218154133981511412593465441345483914511621291--246c312130151171d93
Lewisham133391473167982810401952131927722611632141392314562843851821010952817632
Paddington18611133185362762162913111129616764181122093215735793257628557010302494911262242820479258
Poplar23654433799751273216465851--124185611942886162121436512218336780159118411741202--296264
St. Marylebone130632694209651771218331211322913538630145279415635162288526266447556164041215191
St. Pancras2015325104287121321550429213232210312474996391751396447089023429972397655172912493
Shoreditch23812234159317133571439393---56644137822536217424838934772820850959913361218--18285
Southwark37319913187651158649545315--3671301013108468703412263391532541199110424241233108061713253
Stepney34713212769619171944453103142211-2882524842410436935251697044157270861259377630921017457851337227384
Stoke Newington ..582315126939121172412-85714531031167666361521261-27619035365614
Wandsworth38515639301857244821911140113-4311035914157750271262936600912281105322553120153116293039227222
Westminster19366147224810030102615561-1434183241595412-226016763207792115641551683247661220544
Woolwich33812626304934123418384321-2321074591595911063991052684138658612562780339394235640932120985

(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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