[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council] page 48

London County Council 1936

[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:—

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Table 53.

Metropolitan borough	Deaths from tuberculosis		Ratio of cases on dispensary register to cases on notification register	Number per 100 deaths from tuberculosis in the borough					Total attendances per case on register	Tuberculosis officers' visits per case on register	Total consultations with medical practitioners per case on register	Nurses' visits per case on register	X-ray examinations
	Actual	Per 1,000 inhabitants		Definitely tuberculous per-sonson dispens-iry register.	T.B.+cases on dispensary register	Examinations							per 100 new cases and contacts	per 100 new cases
						New cases	Contacts
							Adults	Children
							Battersea	146							1.00	•88	496	257	408	76	87	5.4	•55	•54	5.5	48.1	67.3
Bermondspy	95	•95	•89	838	349	517	181	266	4.7	1.36	•43	3.0	108.8	203.1
Bethnal Green	81	•84	•55	799	330	574	85	83	6.3	•21	•50	5.4	83.4	107.7
Camberwell	185	•81	•81	879	391	376	192	191	3.6	•38	•37	5.6	47.4	95.8
Chelsea	54	•96	•91	517	241	767	104	143	6.6	•19	•42	11.8	106.2	140.3
Deptford	76	•77	•69	625	353	517	109	118	5.3	•42	•33	6.4	38.2	55.0
Finsbury	61	1.00	1.00	654	321	328	90	82	3.4	•39	•63	5.4	97.7	149.0
Fulham	120	•85	.41	586	279	627	108	115	7.0	•59	1.32	4.7	41.2	55.8
Greenwich	72	•75	•84	712	357	768	115	142	5.4	.18	•66	4.4	75.1	100.2
Hackney	144	•69	•77	799	367	508	187	133	5.7	•25	•89	2.6	68.4	111.3
Hammersmith	116	•91	•78	718	320	343	166	149	3.2	.31	•71	50	39.3	75.4
Hampstead	39	•43	•66	559	295	413	74	59	5.5	.28	•65	7.8	44.6	59.0
Holborn	35	1.00	•70	680	329	200	74	89	3.6	•17	•49	4.2	67.7	122.9
Islington	232	.77	.59	589	299	353	120	107	6.4	•34	•54	4.6	48.9	80.4
Kensington	123	•70	•82	437	225	401	67	63	4.7	•11	.53	4.2	79.0	104.7
Lambeth	211	•76	•58	637	310	344	217	113	4.3	•62	1.34	3.3	98.5	193.1
Lewisham	158	•71	•61	625	351	232	77	89	3.4	•27	.40	4.7	22.3	38.1
Paddington	76	•55	•91	1,121	336	1,086	134	141	8.4	•57	•41	6.0	32.2	40.4
Poplar	117	•83	•82	633	359	562	197	147	8.8	•84	•38	9.5	34.8	56.2
St. Marylebone	69	•75	•54	543	283	294	100	83	6.0	•62	•24	7.1	107.3	173.9
St. Pancras	165	•90	•76	457	253	312	81	76	4.0	•13	•31	5.5	31.4	47.2
Shoreditch	61	.71	•41	969	418	789	172	179	6.3	•25	•25	5.1	38.6	55.7
South wark	135	•89	•41	413	220	222	83	107	7.0	•51	•40	6.8	177.4	329.3
Stepney	158	•76	•79	1,061	483	375	177	229	3.1	.27	•35	3.3	37.9	78.9
Stoke Newington	38	•75	•78	561	313	379	118	95	5.0	•50	1.66	4.7	32.9	51.4
Wandsworth	239	•70	•67	577	336	404	84	85	3.6	•56	1.38	3.7	14.7	20.8
Westminster	85	•68	•43	760	239	434	54	95	3.7	•17	•58	4.5	20.2	27.1
Woolwich	116	•79	•91	756	291	607	200	224	6.3	.49	1.32	4.9	68.1	115.8
London (excluding City)	3,207	.78	•67	670	320	439	129	126	5.1	•43	•66	4.9	57.8	91.3

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Tuberculosis
contact
scheme.
The tuberculosis contact scheme was put into operation on 1st April, 1925,
and provides:—
(a) for the removal of children from heavily infected and overcrowded homes
occupied by a member of the family suffering from advanced tuberculosis;
(b) for the boarding-out of children who cannot otherwise be satisfactorily
provided for while their mothers are undergoing residential treatment for
tuberculosis.
With regard to (b), it is also found that the boarding-out of children is sometimes
necessary in cases where the patient is a widower.
The scheme is carried out through the Invalid Children's Aid Association,
who secure suitable homes, make all arrangements for the admission and discharge
of children referred to them by the county medical officer of health, and keep them
under supervision during the time they are boarded out. The Association also
arrange for the homes to be periodically inspected.
The scheme continued to operate satisfactorily during 1936 with the co-operation
of the Association.
There were 176 applications during 1936, concerning 320 children, of whom 264
were accepted, the remaining 56 being withdrawn or regarded as unsuitable. At the
end of the year 114 children were being maintained under this scheme.
The total number of children dealt with (264) is an increase over that for the
previous year (252). The number still being cared for at the end of the year (114)
is 7 more than the previous year's figure.

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