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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Metropolitan borough | on dispensary register, 1-1-37 | Transferred during 1937 from other areas and cases returned after discharge | Examined for first time during 1937 (a) New cases excluding contacts (b) Contacts (printed in italics) | Total number (including contacts) under dispensary supervision during 1037 | Removed from dispensary register during 1937 | On dispensary register 31-12-37 | Total attendances | Visits to home for dispensary purposes bv | No. of specimens of sputum examined | No. of X-ray examinations | N umber of T.B. + cases on dispensary register | |||||||||||||
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Definitely tuberculous | Diagnosis not confirmed | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | Diagnosis 1 not confirmed | Non-tuberculous | Total | (a) He-covered (b) Non-tuberculous (printed in italics) | (a) Transferred to other areas or lost sight of (b) Died (printed in italics) | Definitely tuberculous | Diagnosis not completed | Tuberculosis officers | Nurses or health visitors | ||||||||||||
Adults | Children | Adults | Children | Adults | Children | Adults | Child-ren | Adults | Children | |||||||||||||||
Hackney | 1,150 | 16 | 67 | 183 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 25 | 2 | 442 | 115 | 675 | 130 | 2,467 | 44 | 138 | 1,201 | 19 | 5,502 | 289 | 3,454 | 961 | 810 | 550 |
3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 242 | 179 | 246 | 183 | 985 | 80 | 1,220 | ||||||||||||||
Hammersmith | 833 | 1 | 74 | 107 | 4 | 12 | 11 | — | — | 182 | 41 | 301 | 56 | 1,612 | 31 | 116 | 824 | _ | 2,503 | 237 | 3,837 | 491 | 303 | 382 |
14 | 1 | 1 | 174 | 157 | 188 | 159 | 555 | 86 | 824 | |||||||||||||||
Hampstead | 218 | 8 | 37 | 54 | — | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 95 | 21 | 152 | 24 | 516 | 14 | 54 | 229 | 3 | 1,687 | 153 | 1,232 | 186 | 371 | 130 |
1 | 2 | 43 | 31 | 44 | 33 | 198 | 18 | 232 | ||||||||||||||||
Holborn | 238 | 1 | 10 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 15 | 4 | 40 | 7 | 350 | 3 | 30 | 239 | 1 | 921 | 30 | 985 | 121 | 135 | 114 |
5 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 23 | 29 | 25 | 66 | 11 | 240 | |||||||||||||||
Islington | 1,366 | 8 | 144 | 222 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 4 | - | 438 | 80 | 693 | 103 | 2,884 | 36 | 243 | 1,395 | 4 | 9,555 | 534 | 6,466 | 906 | 731 | 719 |
31 | 3 | 8 | 280 | 248 | 311 | 259 | 1,053 | 153 | 1,399 | |||||||||||||||
Kensington | 537 | 16 | 75 | 155 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 5 | — | 250 | 78 | 429 | 119 | 1,454 | 38 | 110 | 588 1 | 5 | 3,027 | 78 | 3,355 | 710 | 768 | 306 |
6 | 1 | 146 | 125 | 152 | 126 | 632 | 81 | 593 | ||||||||||||||||
Lambeth | 1,345 | 105 | 51 | 239 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 88 | 12 | 387 | 70 | 743 | 99 | 3,166 | 21 | 207 | 1.418 | 143 | 6,604 | 903 | 4,397 | 1,286 | 1,403 | 665 |
38 | 10 | 3 | 69 | 39 | 407 | 257 | 514 | 309 | 1,157 | 220 | 1,561 | |||||||||||||
Lewisham | 987 | 3 | 105 | 163 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 6 | — | 190 | 55 | 373 | 71 | 1,854 | 48 | 120 | 1,054 | 1 | 3,439 | 307 | 4,758 | 412 | 121 | 611 |
9 | 2 | 123 | 181 | 132 | 183 | 554 | 77 | 1,055 | ||||||||||||||||
Paddington | 852 | 11 | 38 | 100 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 320 | 299 | 438 | 322 | 1,853 | 35 | 121 | 810 | 7 | 6,734 | 511 | 5,137 | 396 | 443 | 260 |
7 | 2 | 103 | 80 | 110 | 82 | 822 | 58 | 817 | ||||||||||||||||
Poplar | 741 | 29 | 28 | 127 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 291 | 176 | 443 | 190 | 1,711 | 45 | 80 | 700 | 16 | 5,321 | 610 | 7,128 | 616 | 361 | 402 |
4 | 1 | 1 | 169 | 105 | 174 | 106 | 776 | 94 | 716 | |||||||||||||||
St. Maryle-bone | 375 | 10 | 43 | 80 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 114 | 17 | 212 | 25 | 769 | 24 | 109 | 347 | 9 | 2,141 | 298 | 2,818 | 213 | 370 | 182 |
2 | 2 | 1 | 63 | 36 | 66 | 38 | 243 | 37 | 356 | |||||||||||||||
St. Pancras | 754 | 42 | 111 | 206 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 11 | — | 201 | 46 | 434 | 76 | 1,724 | 47 | 180 | 779 | 18 | 3,641 | 118 | 4,083 | 564 | 363 | 438 |
2 | 2 | 2 | 174 | 127 | 178 | 129 | 579 | 121 | 797 | |||||||||||||||
Shoreditch | 591 | 19 | 41 | 78 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 209 | 122 | 308 | 144 | 1,303 | 33 | 62 | 572 | | 23 | 3,737 | 123 | 2,986 | 803 | 378 | 259 |
5 | 3 | 3 | 105 | 84 | 113 | 87 | 540 | 73 | 595 | |||||||||||||||
South wark | 557 | 56 | 49 | 117 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 58 | 21 | 180 | 14 | 371 | 52 | 1,391 | 52 | 155 | 526 | 108 | 4,782 | 198 | 3,777 | 510 | 1,693 | 303 |
6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 143 | 124 | 170 | 136 | 468 | 82 | 634 | |||||||||||||
Stepney | 1,676 | 22 | 239 | 224 | 1 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 209 | 66 | 469 | 95 | 3,201 | 144 | 486 | 1,395 | 19 | 5,685 | 514 | 5,284 | 844 | 796 | 695 |
2 | 254 | 444 | 256 | 444 | 994 | 163 | 1,414 | |||||||||||||||||
Stoke Newington | 213 | 5 | 25 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | — | 87 | 13 | 122 | 17 | 489 | 21 | 49 | 184 | 5 | 1,132 | 106 | 1,282 | 307 | 69 | 94 |
1 | 39 | 67 | 40 | 67 | 206 | 24 | 189 | |||||||||||||||||
Wandsworth | 1,379 | 19 | 113 | 208 | 8 | 30 | 16 | 33 | 4 | 346 | 283 | 617 | 311 | 2,875 | 59 | 171 | 1,406 | | 49 | 4,870 | 598 | 5,644 | 1,523 | 258 | 807 |
34 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 202 | 185 | 248 | 188 | 1,035 | 155 | 1,455 | ||||||||||||||
Westminster | 646 | — | 26 | 229 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 1 | — | 56 | 33 | 309 | 48 | 1,143 | — | 176 | 685 | | 1 | 2,141 | 95 | 2,915 | 162 | 123 | 233 |
5 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 75 | 34 | 80 | 206 | 75 | 686 | |||||||||||||||
Woolwich | 877 | 8 | 219 | 8 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 401 | 178 | 644 | 199 | 2,277 | 97 | 83 | 873 | | 6 | 5,751 | 397 | 4,000 | 506 | 1,050 | 337 | |
16 | 9 | 1 | 290 | 230 | 307 | 242 | 1,119 | 99 | 879 | |||||||||||||||
Total | 21,498 | 538 | 1,625 | 3,665 | 136 | 422 | 263 | 367 | 80 | 6,594 | 2,024 | 11,048 | 3,103 | 46,609 | 1,003 | 3,412 | 21,200 | | 552 | 110702 | 9,121 | 107214 | 16,850 | 16,060 | 10,269 |
267 | 60 | 20 | 121 | 72 | 4,279 | 3,978 | 4,667 | 4,130 | 17,941 | 2,411 | 21,752 | |||||||||||||
Metropolitan borough | on dispensary register, 1-1-37 | Transferred during 1937 from other areas and cases returned after discharge | Examined for first time during 1937 (a) New cases excluding contacts | Total number (including contacts) under dispensary supervision during 1037 | Removed from dispensary register during 1937 | On dispensary register 31-12-37 | Total attendances | Visits to home for dispensary purposes bv | No. of specimens of sputum examined | No. of X-ray examinations | N umber of T.B. + cases on dispensary register | |||||||||||||
Definitely tuberculous | Diagnosis not confirmed | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | Diagnosis 1 not confirmed | Non-tuberculous | Total | (a) Transferred to other areas or lost sight of (b) Died (printed in italics) | Definitely tuberculous | Diagnosis not completed | Tuberculosis officers | Nurses or health visitors | |||||||||||||
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