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London County Council 1922

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Table III.Tuberculosis Dispensaries—Analysis of Returns Jan.-Dec., 1922.

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Borough and dispensary.Under observation on 1-1-1922 pending diagnosis.Examined for first time during 1922, including contacts.Number of contacts included in (3).Number included under (3) suffering fromNumbers included under(3) found to be non-tuberculous.Under observation on 31st December, 1922, pending diagnosis.Total attendances, including col. 3.Visits to homes byHome consul tat ion with practitioners.References to affiliated hospitals.Specimens of sputum examined
Pulmonary.Non-pulinonary.
dults.Children.Adults.Children.Adults.Children.Adults.Child ren.Adults.Children.Adults.Children.Adults.Children.Tuberculosis officer.Dispensary nurse.
City of London79351746315268365415482542,0815591384196
Battersea*-462380842001401073125430152364,9102387,04826177925
Bermondsey*-4056321114911242610221814878155,9851034,3993496662
Bethnal Green161401284176215101311252772531124,3751221,67922146641
Camberwell*-883773309452285283548494680691710,5879474,382252131,474
Chelsea110115275232315746,44428531138243,268363,378--957
Deptford*-3322998015110245162052691694,5594273,3438-780
Finsbury5674231137809710188111641729154,1472812,720-12260
Fulham312246940396215163131234315368956,2101,2275,4473741,493
Greenwich9113664291643011282613222233831198,2272876,008247-299
Hackney (Vic. Pk. Hpl.)152381259158205119118172262398-5,7521262,31020125708
(Metro. Hpl.) Hammersmith411021813095987343101641171092,919292,643589372
191637128658151143169112282557123,3051283,413278525
Hampstead16152501959412971-13281671701271,738621,94312-185
Holborn10365512130294342737159824151,70949146
Islington (R.N. Hpl.)*-3662349017815021219197210733,2972151,222435340
„ R. Ch. Hpl.) Kensington (Lad. Gr.)72314041781011172248492321831056,6603732,398213518
69493592488110299783825920927191,7431062,4504-552
„ (Brompton)4258965291323-212738435141,3114604--64
Lambeth (Cent.)948236914582541289121118715257295,3031201,792-143651
„ (St. Thomas's)†--505114684615711323315861525,196-1,952-462453
Lewisham67403255105140155101924223217633,0283672,873125102
Paddington (Talbot Rd.)47893282381239678682023021559815,1144152,5022718156
„ (St. Mary's)461671165769431142510381944,984711,1236126116
Poplar641779803938186343196309124006648391,0017,3331698,04610161,013
St. Marylebone7915021411318577915313168115431203,6434201,736107353
St. Pancras (Oakley Sq.)2228309166598012410102713811037193,6751753642-883
„ (Maiden Rd.)112444711261031526387158718593-104
(U.C. Hpl.)Shoreditch*--10535101657331234181251,47410752219196
63283932831111771761161224026623177,1213432,715-16432
Southwark67177065432123632383513484854692285,636393,32234529
Stepney (Green)8917174068944148517984153158166038445,8641812,3211142368
„ (St. G.-in-the-E.)2957353357140334771761926534213252,7502281,1802019291
„ (Whilechapel) Stoke Newington103215408308277246713631441744120323,1452481,880-29289
127132554337471657653731,54416698539217
Wandsworth2114772586188301238826335105501298,2223903,65824431,310
Westminster35253168771061099915126140433,2753154,99518137327
Woolwich*--59457713622615119141143057521258,6077554,59772-658

* Numbers of cases under observation on 1st January, pending diagnosis not available.
† 72 undiagnosed cases at the end of 1921 and, of these, 50 cases approximately were carried forward into 1922,but no records are available as to these cases and when they were diagnosed.