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London County Council 1937

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

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Table 65—Tuberculosis Dispensaries Analysis of Returns, January-December, 1937

Metropolitan boroughOn dispensary register. 1-1-37Transferred during 1937 from other areas and cases returned after dischargeExamined for first time during 1937 (a) New cases excluding contacts (b) Contacts (printed in italics)Total number (including contacts) under dispensary supervision during 1937Removed from dispensary register during 1937On dispensary register 3l-12-37Total attendancesVisits to home for dispensary purposes byNo, of specimens of sputum examinedNo. of X ray ex amina tiorsNumber of T.B. † case on dispensary register
Definitely tuberculousDiagnosis not confirmedPulmonaryNon-pulmonaryDiagnosis not confirmedNon-tuberculousTotal(a) lie-covered (b) Non tuberculous (printed in italics)(a) Transferred to other areas or lost sight of (b) Died (printed in italics)Definitely tuberculousDiagnosis not completed
Tuberculosis officersNurses or health visitors
AdultsChildrenAdultsChildrenAdultsChildrenAdultsChildrenAdultsChild-ren
Battersea7241537120817614312964631101,6173584709154,8373623,884586921375
2112813713113768589724
Bermondsey*79720169631249_38068497751,897484977594,1439142,8321,1091,123329
1622425224025293977784
Bethnal Green64717329031391241921073071231,4831255666183,7011443,571328525262
53218316419116666072684
Cambernell1,626295813541993_4071015641143,103251621.56885,6206678,9671,069751662
363233473213853271,2131271,576
Chelsea2794366541317_1828026785787226128071,733322,982314573133
5216147674937830287
Deptford47527417941148316347261581,0502798*448192,3361962,856634263251
68378282919739563467
Finsbury399518746651017121161337102240376131,2751011,938111319181
3213751405419069389
Fulham70322571555148332803004523161,7787810465575,2014663,359910421331
121299613098830104
Greenwich513284690423171194933031011,1453269498192,6831403,287272618258
2317870807446364517

* Adjustment from 1936.