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., 1929.
Borough | On Dispensary Register, 1-1-29. | Trans ferred during 1929 from other areas and lost sight of cases returned | Examined for first time during 1929. (a) New cases excluding contacts. (b) Contacts (printed in italics). | Total number (includ-ing contacts) under dispensary supervision during 1929. | Removed from Dispensary Register during 1929. | On Dispensary Register on 31-12-29. | Total attendances. | Visits to homes for dispensary purposes by | No. of specimens of sputum examined. | |||||||||||||
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Diagnosis completed. | Under observation. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Doubtfully Tuberculous. | Non-Tuberculous. | Total. | (a) Cured. (b) Diagnosis not con firmed or non-T.B. (printed in italics) | (a) 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 | 934 | 65 | 28 | 183 | 4. | 18 | 13 | 71 | 37 | 267 | 85 | 539 | 139 | 1,897 | 36 | 122 | 906 | 41 | 3,967 | 130 | 4,531 | 721 |
Bermondsey | 1,081 | 26 | 15 | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
133 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 254 | 104 | 426 | 129 | 2,143 | 61 | 56 | 984 | 21 | 3,295 | 1,077 | 4,826 | 1,003 | ||||
Bethnal Green | 638 | 5 | 11 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
93 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 34 | 5 | 259 | 137 | 394 | 152 | 1,489 | 6 | 61 | 656 | 5 | 4,094 | 142 | 2,287 | 723 | ||||
Camberwell | 2,036 | 24 | 25 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
174 | 1 | 16 | 18 | 73 | 11 | 299 | 156 | 562 | 186 | 3,598 | 7 | 86 | 2,140 | 22 | 4,678 | 499 | 5,934 | 948 | ||||
Ohelsea | 193 | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||
53 | 2 | — | 5 | 8 | 1 | 212 | 238 | 273 | 246 | 883 | 5 | 44 | 205 | 5 | 3,369 | 47 | 3,265 | 294 | ||||
Deptford | 518 | 48 | 84 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
114 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 118 | 83 | 61 | 45 | 300 | 165 | 1,249 | 29 | 95 | 567 | 56 | 2,865 | 94 | 2,837 | 692 | ||||
Finsbury | 411 | 10 | 48 | — | — | _ | ||||||||||||||||
58 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | — | 83 | 52 | 154 | 62 | 917 | 54 | 475 | 12 | 3,950 | 331 | 3,418 | 469 | |||||
Fulham | 846 | 31 | 120 | |||||||||||||||||||
157 | 7 | 17 | 32 | 154 | 76 | 201 | 196 | 529 | 311 | 2,119 | 20 | 179 | 887 | 28 | 3,551 | 416 | 4,304 | 694 | ||||
Greenwich | 712 | 38 | 16 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
72 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 83 | 75 | 170 | 88 | 1,387 | 14 | 764 | 6 | 4710 | 197 | 3,046 | 183 | |||||
Hackney | 1,162 | 17 | 65 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
182 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 25 | 11 | 285 | 194 | 509 | 225 | 2,455 | 20 | 161 | 1,156 | 12 | 6,756 | 277 | 3,573 | 1,151 | ||||
Hammersmith | 801 | 17 | 22 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
123 | 5 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 178 | 76 | 327 | 90 | 1,431 | 36 | 73 | 793 | 10 | 2,071 | 134 | 2,591 | 220 | ||||
Hampstead | 160 | 23 | 49 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
44 | — | 8 | 2 | 29 | 4 | 48 | 19 | 129 | 25 | 441 | 32 | 48 | 168 | 14 | 1,020 | 3 | 1,149 | 100 | ||||
Holborn | 162 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | 2 | |||||||||||||||
43 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | — | 13 | 4 | 70 | 11 | 340 | 16 | 183 | 2 | 860 | 30 | 1,675 | 168 | |||||
Islington | 1,320 | 19 | 125 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
233 | 6 | 23 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 246 | 93 | 526 | 123 | 2,599 | 4 | 252 | 1,370 | 21 | 8,533 | 412 | 2,824 | 998 | ||||
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Kensington | 775 | 26 | 88 | 101 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 88 | 14 | 129 | 62 | 334 | 95 | 1,674 | 73 | 78 | 804 | 10 | 2,972 | 74 | 2,033 | 463 |
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Lambeth | 1,613 | 99 | 11 | 324 | 9 | 34 | 22 | 145 | 13 | 324 | 124 | 827 | 168 | 3,309 | 47 | 312 | 1,569 | 66 | 8,414 | 660 | 5,814 | 1,444 |
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Lewisham | 944 | 6 | 59 | 153 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 178 | 103 | 364 | 118 | 1,670 | 60 | 84 | 939 | 3 | 2,816 | 235 | 2,040 | 188 |
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Paddington | 1,173 | 36 | 40 | 130 | 4 | 19 | 36 | 128 | 80 | 294 | 319 | 571 | 439 | 2,576 | — | 82 | 1,262 | 17 | 10,186 | 503 | 4,816 | 785 |
Poplar | 916 | 30 | 8 | 129 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 270 | 223 | 425 | 256 | 1,919 | 143 | 87 | 773 | 33 | 4,542 | 161 | 7,173 | 1,438 |
St. Marylebone | 347 | 89 | 218 | 95 | 4 | 21 | 6 | 103 | 42 | 31 | 17 | 250 | 69 | 1,064 | 24 | 173 | 412 | 88 | 2,665 | 129 | 1,739 | 266 |
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St. Pancras | 725 | 124 | 66 | 182 | 4 | 21 | 24 | 76 | ]7 | 97 | 73 | 376 | 118 | 1,615 | 6 | 226 | 757 | 112 | 3,825 | 160 | 3,946 | 805 |
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Shoreditch | 554 | 14 | 93 | 90 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 2 | — | 215 | 101 | 314 | 119 | 1,439 | 3 | 100 | 635 | 11 | 6,017 | 347 | 5,015 | 810 |
2 | 5 | 2 | — | |||||||||||||||||||
South wark | 455 | 94 | 16 | 162 | 9 | 26 | 27 | 56 | 18 | 102 | 15 | 346 | 69 | 11,358 | 37 | 80 | 568 | 48 | 4,656 | 44 | 2,811 | 420 |
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Stepney | 1,667 | 88 | 30 | 211 | 16 | 15 | 23 | 111 | 26 | 270 | 136 | 607 | 201 | 3,520 | 56 | 162 | 1,652 | 100 | 7,205 | 229 | 4,929 | 1,146 |
Stoke Newing- | 222 | 3 | 13 | 44 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 59 | 38 | 130 | 42 | 535 | 11 | 43 | 214 | 7 | 1,208 | 92 | 706 | 343 | |
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ton Wandsworth | 1,266 | 47 | 37 | 310 | 3 | 17 | 22 | 97 | 133 | 114 | 777 | 538 | 935 | 3,161 | 5 | 61 | 1,379 | 22 | 5,128 | 201 | 5,236 | 582 |
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Westminster | 674 | 1 | 30 | 177 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 65 | 44 | 272 | 78 | 1,166 | 11 | 172 | 638 | 5 | 2,312 | 97 | 3,257 | 154 |
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Woolwich | 982 | 15 | 11 | 187 | 14 | 19 | 30 | 52 | 36 | 374 | 281 | 632 | 361 | 2,375 | 54 | 63 | 1,010 | 3 | 4,996 | 472 | 4,988 | 755 |
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Total | 23,287 | 1,007 | 1,356 | 3,957 | 163 | 430 | 428 | 1,496 | 642 | 5,011 | 3,787 | 10,894 | 5,020 | 50,329 | 786 | 2,984 | 23,866 | 780 | 120661 | 7,193 | 100763 | 17,963 |