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, January-December, 1931.
Metropolitan Borough. | on Dispensary Register, 1-1-31 | Transferred during 1931 from other areas and cases returnee after discharge | Examined for first time during 1931. (a) New cases excluding contacts. (b) Contacts (printed in italics). | Total number (including contacts) under dispensary supervision during 1931. | Removed from Dispensary Register during 1931. | On Dispensary Register 31-12-30. | Total attendances. | Visits to home for dispensary purposes by | No. of specimens of sputum examined. | No. of X-Ray examinations. | |||||||||||||
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Definitely T.B. | Diagnosis not completed. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Diagnosis not completed. | Non-Tuberculous. | Total. | (a) Re-covered. (b) Non T.B. (printed in italics.) | (a) Transferred to other areas or lost sight of (b) Died (printed in italics) | Definitely T.b. | Diagnosis not completed. | |||||||||||||
Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Child ren. | Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Child- ren. | Adults. | Children. | T.B. Officers. | Nurses or Health Visitors. | ||||||||||||
915 | 56 | 32 | 133 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 47 | 37 | 208 | 109 | 398 | 171 | 1,781 | 15 | 76 | 913 | 103 | 3,917 | 204 | 4,175 | 769 | 129 | |
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*993 | 26 | 12 | 124 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 291 | 121 | 451 | 152 | 2,171 | 86 | 40 | 941 | 34 | 4,085 | 1,348 | 4,059 | 1,307 | 605 | |
20 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
691 | 10 | 18 | 93 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 262 | 125 | 377 | 162 | 1,508 | — | 42 | 733 | 11 | 4,653 | 146 | 3,094 | 610 | 187 | |
3 | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
2,196 | 30 | 54 | 177 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 122 | 16 | 343 | 164 | 663 | 193 | 3,694 | 466 | 171 | 1,683 | 54 | 5,230 | 725 | 9,234 | 1,157 | 456 | |
56 | 2 | 4 | 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||
241 | 9 | 19 | 56 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 239 | 228 | 309 | 240 | 939 | 3 | 47 | 257 | 9 | 2,999 | 53 | 3,859 | 305 | 297 | |
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566 | 55 | 23 | 105 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 165 | 84 | 300 | 116 | 1,194 | 37 | 103 | 554 | 48 | 2,886 | 206 | 3,072 | 660 | 138 | |
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525 | 2 | 76 | 76 | 9 | 11 | 9 | — | 176 | 104 | 264 | 122 | 1,372 | 6 | 67 | 578 | 1 | 3,861 | 823 | 3,008 | 729 | 95 | ||
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900 | 11 | 46 | 161 | 10 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 298 | 270 | 488 | 300 | 2,160 | 18 | 136 | 903 | 10 | 3,581 | 292 | 3,608 | 595 | 122 | |
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694 | 18 | 8 | 88 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 157 | 93 | 267 | 121 | 1,342 | — | 63 | 699 | 13 | 2,927 | 219 | 3,354 | 276 | 420 | |
7 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
1,219 | 10 | 66 | 181 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 371 | 205 | 585 | 237 | 2,613 | 22 | 131 | 1,274 | 15 | 7,886 | 298 | 3,118 | 1,259 | 285 | ||
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896 | 9 | 36 | 116 | 1 | 21 | 17 | 2 | — | 209 | 95 | 348 | 113 | 1,601 | 75 | 191 | 760 | 3 | 2,285 | 197 | 3,474 | 393 | ||
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*166 | 7 | 29 | 54 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 100 | 28 | 163 | 36 | 506 | 1 | 87 | 174 | 7 | 1,160 | 10 | 1,244 | 97 | ||
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200 | — | 10 | 38 | 3 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 14 | 8 | 57 | 13 | 321 | 6 | 20 | 223 | 901 | 39 | 1,189 | 148 | 18 | ||
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1,471 | 13 | 61 | 262 | 27 | 35 | 8 | 8 | 252 | 75 | 549 | 136 | 2,752 | 29 | 280 | 1,455 | 27 | 8,154 | 321 | 5,855 | 1,056 | 345 | ||
843 | 34 | 51 | 142 | 6 | 22 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 189 | 84 | 365 | 107 | 1,775 | 40 | 86 | 854 | 29 | 2,730 | 130 | 2,252 | 500 | 42 | |
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1,594 | 85 | 53 | 297 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 62 | 20 | 514 | 95 | 892 | 146 | 3,378 | 73 | 140 | 1,577 | 79 | 7,266 | 808 | 5,824 | 1,150 | 1,271 | |
*977 | — | 46 | 173 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 6 | 173 | 70 | 385 | 99 | 1,690 | 44 | 82 | 1,018 | 2 | 2,914 | 381 | 1,844 | 221 | 26 | |
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1,136 | 12 | 30 | 119 | 3 | 13 | 40 | 8 | 10 | 448 | 332 | 588 | 385 | 2,384 | 41 | 153 | 1,096 | 21 | 9,152 | 495 | 5,384 | 468 | 156 | |
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776 | 45 | 71 | 117 | 8 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 247 | 190 | 399 | 232 | 1,730 | 5 | 58 | 867 | 25 | 5,364 | 229 | 7,051 | 1,640 | 94 | |
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461 | 89 | 27 | 83 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 88 | 30 | 185 | 65 | 946 | — | 60 | 509 | 81 | 2,822 | 118 | 1,987 | 242 | 39 | |
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784 | 67 | 67 | 151 | 11 | 17 | 24 | 28 | 4 | 156 | 78 | 352 | 117 | 1,536 | 31 | 223 | 744 | 65 | 3,264 | 151 | 4,129 | 175 | 65 | |
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666 | 3 | 28 | 87 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 21 | 299 | 169 | 408 | 216 | 1,634 | 43 | 39 | 670 | 53 | 4,531 | 156 | 2,545 | 960 | 81 | |
651 | 39 | 25 | 164 | 12 | 16 | 24 | 11 | 16 | 123 | 24 | 314 | 76 | 1,417 | 27 | 108 | 693 | 37 | 4,122 | 26 | 3,296 | 509 | 40 | |
1,652 | 124 | 64 | 227 | 25 | 20 | 33 | 115 | 37 | 244 | 139 | 606 | 234 | 3,369 | 76 | 143 | 1,675 | 229 | 6,543 | 134 | 5,609 | 1,028 | 84 | |
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250 | 5 | 15 | 43 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | — | 85 | 22 | 140 | 28 | 569 | 8 | 75 | 217 | 3 | 1,217 | 101 | 769 | 351 | 42 | |
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1,408 | 57 | 59 | 290 | 10 | 28 | 12 | 32 | 5 | 568 | 236 | 918 | 263 | 3,087 | 49 | 181 | 1,397 | 37 | 4,966 | 124 | 5,546 | 2,157 | 187 | |
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*648 | 9 | 19 | 214 | 11 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 57 | 20 | 299 | 50 | 1,110 | 4 | 219 | 649 | 2 | 2,314 | 148 | 3,469 | 192 | 42 | |
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1,055 | 24 | 6 | 166 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 365 | 260 | 548 | 296 | 2,399 | 68 | 43 | 1,030 | 16 | 4,416 | 471 | 5,181 | 677 | 525 | |
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24,574 | 849 | 1,051 | 3,937 | 214 | 427 | 488 | 613 | 266 | 6,641 | 3,458 | 11,618 | 4,426 | 50,978 | 1,273 | 3,064 | 24,143 | 1,015 | 116146 | 8,353 | 107129 | 19,631 | 5,945 | |
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*Figures amended since completion of return for 1930.