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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
London County Council 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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The following is a summary, for purposes of comparison, of certain sections of the foregoing table:—
| Metropolitan borough | Number of new cases examined per 100 deaths from tuberculosis in the borough | Number of contacts examined per 100 deaths from tuberculosis in the borough | Total attendances per case on register | Tuberculosis officers' visits per case on register | Nurses' visits per case on register | Number of definitely tubercular persons on dispensary register per 100 inhabitants | X-ray examinations | Number of cases on register classified as T.B. plus. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| per 100 new cases and contacts | per 100 new cases | ||||||||
| Battersea | 333 | 129 | 3.8 | .16 | 4.2 | .56 | 14.7 | 20.4 | 403 |
| Bermondsey | 490 | 468 | 4.5 | 1.40 | 4.6 | .81 | 43.0 | 84.0 | 345 |
| Bethnal Green | 433 | 237 | 6.1 | .18 | 4.1 | .67 | 27.2 | 42.6 | 266 |
| Camberwell | 293 | 372 | 3.1 | .36 | 5.0 | .65 | 25.6 | 58.0 | 815 |
| Chelsea | 929 | 314 | 8.7 | .20 | 11.4 | .53 | 56.1 | 75.1 | 129 |
| Deptford | 395 | 203 | 4.6 | .31 | 5.8 | .54 | 23.7 | 35.9 | 337 |
| Find bury | 367 | 302 | 6.0 | 1.49 | 4.5 | .83 | 6.5 | 11.8 | 220 |
| Fulham | 458 | 180 | 4.0 | .33 | 3.9 | .57 | 12.8 | 17.8 | 290 |
| Greenwich | 384 | 157 | 4.0 | .27 | 4.9 | .66 | 54.1 | 76.3 | 234 |
| Hackney | 412 | 258 | 5.3 | .23 | 2.3 | .61 | 25.0 | 40.7 | 554 |
| Hammersmith | 241 | 147 | 3.6 | .38 | 5.4 | .55 | 16.0 | 28.3 | 297 |
| Hampstead | 315 | 225 | 4.3 | .06 | 4.3 | .25 | 36.5 | 62.7 | 104 |
| Holborn | 134 | 155 | 5.2 | .19 | 5.2 | .56 | 32.7 | 70.6 | 111 |
| Islington | 205 | 147 | 5.5 | .23 | 4.5 | .41 | 32.0 | 55.0 | 637 |
| Kensington | 400 | 302 | 2.9 | .14 | 2.3 | .45 | 4.8 | 8.5 | 288 |
| Lambeth | 351 | 221 | 4.4 | .53 | 2.9 | .53 | 81.3 | 132.5 | 765 |
| Lewisham | 267 | 102 | 2.7 | .40 | 2.0 | .44 | .75 | 1.0 | 460 |
| Paddington | 748 | 246 | 8.9 | .52 | 5.2 | .72 | 16.6 | 22.1 | 245 |
| Poplar | 460 | 305 | 6.2 | .22 | 7.6 | .55 | 19.6 | 32.7 | 454 |
| St. Marylebone | 324 | 104 | 4.6 | .25 | 3.3 | .53 | 12.4 | 164 | 231 |
| St. Pancras | 240 | 55 | 3.7 | .10 | 5.3 | .37 | 17.8 | 22.0 | 392 |
| Shoreditch | 497 | 220 | 5.5 | .24 | 4.0 | .69 | 17.2 | 24.9 | 293 |
| South wark | 210 | 166 | 4.6 | .26 | 4.9 | .40 | 7.2 | 13.0 | 320 |
| Stepney | 383 | 331 | 3.9 | .09 | 3.1 | .83 | 9.2 | 17.0 | 878 |
| Stoke Newington | 294 | 207 | 5.2 | .54 | 3.3 | .41 | 20.3 | 34.6 | 109 |
| Wandsworth | 382 | 128 | 3.6 | .12 | 3.6 | .39 | 8.3 | 11.1 | 832 |
| Westminster | 388 | 95 | 3.5 | .11 | 5.1 | .50 | 11.4 | 14.2 | 225 |
| Woolwich | 574 | 272 | 5.1 | .51 | 5.9 | .65 | 40.8 | 60.2 | 331 |
| Average | 389 | 216 | 4.77 | .37 | 4.5 | .56 | 24. 05 | 39.0 | 377 |
Following up
of discharged
cases.
The following table shows the result of the enquiry and also (in brackets) the corresponding figures ascertained from last year's enquiry into the 1925 cases:—
| Classification. | Total. | Percentage alive five years after discharge. | Percentage dead. |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 487 (533) | 76.2 (75.4) | 23.8 (24.6) |
| B 1 | 216 (284) | 62.5 (61.6) | 37.5 (38.4) |
| B 2 | 2,236 (1,908) | 28.4 (30.9) | 71.6 (69.1) |
| B 3 | 725 (818) | 4.0 (4.0) | 96. 0(96.0) |
| Surgical | 268 (225) | 78.7 (79.1) | 21.3 (20.9) |
Particulars obtained in 1931 as to the fitness for work of the 1,381 surviving
adult patients who were discharged from treatment in 1926 show that out of a total
of 506 A and B1 cases, 70.4 per cent, were at work. The corresponding percentage
for the A and B1 cases in the 1925 group was 70-7. The percentages at work in the
other categories and also the corresponding figures for the 1925 group (shown in
brackets) are as follows:—B2, 45.8 (50.2) per cent.; B3, 31.0 (27.3) per cent.; and
surgical, 611 (72.5) per cent. Of the total number of 1,381 in all categories, 56.8 (61.1)
per cent, were at work, 7.4 (7.8) per cent, were fit for work but were unemployed,
35.8 (31.1) per cent, were unable to work (including cases receiving further residential
treatment).