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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Tuberculosis Dispensaries—analysis of Returns, Jan.-dec., 1928.
Borough | On Dispensary Register, 1-1-28. | Transferred during 1928 from other areas and lost sight of cases returned | Examined for first time during 1928. (à) New cases excluding contacts. (b) Contacts (printed in italics). | Total number (including contacts) under dispensary supervision during 1928. | Removed from Dispensary Register during 1928. | On Dispensary Register on 31-12-28. | Total attendances. | Visits to homes for dispensary purposes by | No. of specimens o sputun examined | |||||||||||||
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Diagnosis completed. | Under observation. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Doubtfully Tuberculous. | Non-Tuberculous. | Total. | (a) Cured. (b) Diagnosis not confirmed or non-t.b. (printed in italics). | M Transferred to other areas or lost sight of. (b) Died (printed in italics). | Diagnosis completed. | Under Observation. | ||||||||||||
Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | Tuberculosis Officer. | Dispensary Nurse. | |||||||||||
Battersea | 897 | 82 | 31 | 174 | - | 16 | 10 | 61 | 30 | 189 | 112 | 440 | 152 | 1,772 | 13 | 118 | 934 | 65 | 3,912 | 141 | 4,865 | 556 |
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Bermondsey | 1,174 | 40 | 11 | 99 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 114 | 99 | 75 | 323 | 131 | 1,975 | 69 | 69 | 1,081 | 26 | 2,998 | 238 | 2,697 | 785 | |
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Bethnal Green | 596 | 9 | 15 | 98 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 35 | 8 | 217 | 129 | 361 | 151 | 1,376 | 1 | 61 | 638 | 5 | 3,682 | 143 | 2,341 | 627 |
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Camberwell | 1,979 | 33 | 25 | 217 | 7 | 24 | 32 | 75 | 25 | 350 | 318 | 666 | 382 | 3,573 | 25 | 108 | 2,036 | 24 | 6,863 | 501 | 6,560 | 903 |
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Chelsea | 199 | 16 | 5 | 32 | _ | 1 | 10 | 1 | 201 | 202 | 243 | 204 | 763 | 3 | 24 | 193 | 11 | 2,834 | 33 | 3,479 | 318 | |
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Deptford | 603 | 104 | 23 | 83 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 132 | 90 | 51 | 69 | 278 | 167 | 1,308 | 43 | 115 | 518 | 48 | 3,235 | 126 | 3,809 | 706 |
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Finsbury | 460 | 13 | 19 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 65 | 56 | 104 | 66 | 851 | 9 | 75 | 411 | 10 | 3,784 | 350 | 2,793 | 434 |
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Fulham | 902 | 13 | 41 | 133 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 45 | 24 | 298 | 314 | 489 | 370 | 2,242 | 64 | 154 | 846 | 31 | 4,502 | 491 | 4,541 | 898 |
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Greenwich | 647 | 31 | 21 | 67 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 109 | 106 | 189 | 134 | 1,396 | — | 29 | 665 | 38 | 5,229 | 192 | 3,242 | 159 |
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Hackney | 1,128 | 45 | 40 | 154 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 65 | 16 | 219 | 158 | 455 | 196 | 2,231 | 3 | 152 | 1,162 | 17 | 6,328 | 227 | 3,418 | 945 |
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Hammersmith | 720 | 24 | 55 | 132 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 9 | o | 205 | 125 | 356 | 149 | 1,483 | 10 | 68 | 801 | 17 | 2,433 | 123 | 2,903 | 305 |
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Hampstead | 204 | 11 | 21 | 33 | 1 | — | — | 15 | 9 | 69 | 16 | 117 | 26 | 456 | 10 | 78 | 160 | 23 | 1,132 | 13 | 1,172 | 128 |
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Holborn | 178 | 2 | 10 | 35 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 15 | — | 10 | 6 | 67 | 10 | 377 | 13 | 42 | 162 | 1 | 924 | 46 | 1,114 | 156 |
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Islington | 1,275 | 29 | 128 | 243 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 33 | 7 | 202 | 91 | 498 | 118 | 2,520 | 7 | 171 | 1,320 | 19 | 8,418 | 504 | 5,969 | 1,071 |
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Kensington | 846 | 13 | 18 | 87 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 67 | 20 | 91 | 72 | 251 | 113 | 7,721 | 105 | 65 | 775 | 26 | 3,118 | 88 | 1,665 | 419 |
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Lambeth | 1,592 | 111 | 30 | 353 | 9 | 34 | 37 | 145 | 29 | 365 | 102 | 897 | 177 | 3,361 | 64 | 270 | 1,613 | 99 | 8,814 | 602 | 5,330 | 1,537 |
2 | 2,068 | 172 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Lewisham | 901 | 5 | 77 | 186 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 122 | 134 | 337 | 154 | 1,643 | 55 | 85 | 944 | 6 | 2,843 | 352 | ||
_ | _ | _ | 4,752 | 326 | ||||||||||||||||||
Paddington | 1,102 | 50 | 39 | 98 | 1 | 20 | 65 | 126 | 97 | 231 | 279 | 475 | 442 | 2,473 | 102 | 1,175 | 36 | 9,974 | 532 | |||
297 | 7,837 | 1,495 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Poplar | 946 | 49 | 6 | 126 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 301 | 293 | 449 | 331 | 2,009 | 47 | 48 | 916 | 30 | 4,636 | 146 | ||
5 | 1,840 | 185 | ||||||||||||||||||||
St. Marylebone | 285 | 101 | 30 | 76 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 76 | 67 | 31 | 13 | 184 | 91 | 825 | — | 37 | 347 | 89 | 3,253 | 142 | ||
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St. Pancras | 758 | 127 | 46 | 159 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 74 | 17 | 118 | 89 | 355 | 120 | 1,536 | 8 | 234 | 725 | 124 | 4,398 | 175 | 3,875 | 882 |
_ | _ | 46 | 2,339 | |||||||||||||||||||
Shoreditch | 558 | 29 | 43 | 69 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 189 | 129 | 270 | 144 | 1,333 | 6 | 76 | 554 | 14 | 5,728 | 373 | 735 | |
_ | _ | 2,303 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Southwark | 580 | 51 | 21 | 162 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 51 | 29 | 103 | 38 | 328 | 97 | 1,452 | 162 | 114 | 455 | 94 | 5,046 | 25 | 452 | |
4,724 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Stepney | 1,691 | 80 | 39 | 238 | 23 | 10 | 26 | 107 | 38 | 238 | 158 | 593 | 245 | 3,677 | 123 | 127 | 1,667 | 88 | 7,686 | 288 | 1,128 | |
698 | 205 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Stoke Newington | 221 | 14 | 15 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 86 | 11 | 423 | 4 | 53 | 226 | 3 | 889 | 26 | |||
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Wandsworth | 1,192 | 22 | 39 | 214 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 70 | 14 | 241 | 789 | 545 | 825 | 3,079 | 39 | 75 | 1,266 | 47 | 5,432 | 234 | 4,884 | 533 |
3,444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Westminster | 677 | 2 | 24 | 159 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 9 | — | 67 | 58 | 248 | 82 | 1,131 | — | 142 | 674 | 1 | 2,370 | 112 | 159 | |
_ | 5,023 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Woolwich | 1,155 | 19 | 10 | 177 | 18 | 17 | 23 | 46 | 22 | 370 | 373 | 610 | 436 | 2,614 | 210 | 110 | 996 | 15 | 4,930 | 483 | 960 | |
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Totals | 23,466 | 1,125 | 882 | 3,681 | 156 | 316 | 457 | 1,443 | 598 | 4,774 | 4,313 | 10,214 | 5,524 | 49,600 | 1,093 | 2,802 | 23,260 | 1,007 | 125,391 | 6,706 | 99.685 | 17,179 |