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London County Council 1937

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

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Table: The following is a summary, for purposes of comparison, of certain sections of the foregoing table :— Table 66

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The following is a summary, for purposes of comparison, of certain sections of the foregoing table :— Table 66

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 dfspens-ary register.	T.B. + cases on dispensary register	Examinations							per 100 new cases and contacts	per 100 new cases
						New cases	Contacts
						New cases	Adults	Children
Battersea	123	•86	•87	576	305	466	107	111	6•7	•50	•56	5•4	109•5	160•7
Bermondsey	92	•93	•86	842	358	622	261	274	5•3	1•17	•45	3•6	105•5	196•3
Bethnal Green	80	•85	•59	833	328	538	239	208	5•4	•21	•43	5•2	66•7	122•1
Camberwell	206	•92	•77	761	321	329	187	159	3•6	•42	•47	5•7	54•0	110•8
Chelsea	48	•85	•95	583	277	733	140	102	60	•11	•37	10•4	122•4	162•8
Deptford	75	•78	•65	597	335	425	121	129	5•0	•42	•37	6•1	51•9	82•4
Finsbury	62	1•06	•99	606	292	313	65	87	3•3	•26	•67	5•0	110•8	164•4
Ful ham	118	•85	•46	555	281	651	110	83	7•9	•70	1•77	5•1	42•3	54•8
Greenwich	81	•84	•80	615	319	499	99	91	5•2	•27	•67	6•4	110•8	153•0
Hackney	130	•63	•77	924	423	619	189	141	4•5	•24	•89	2•8	65•6	100•6
Hammersmith	106	•84	•77	777	360	337	177	150	30	•29	•78	4•7	43•0	84•9
Hampstead	36	•40	•70	636	361	489	122	92	7•3	•66	1 •24	5•3	146•6	210•8
Holborn	27	•78	•81	885	422	174	107	93	3•8	•13	•49	4•1	133•7	287•2
Islington	228	•77	•70	612	315	349	136	114	6•8	•38	•63	4•6	53•5	91•8
Kensington	130	•74	•86	452	235	422	117	97	51	•13	•64	5•7	93•0	140•1
Lambeth	239	•87	•69	593	278	352	215	129	4•2	•58	1•58	2•8	84•3	166•6
Lewisham	147	•65	•81	717	416	302	90	124	3.3	•29	•36	4•5	15•9	27•3
Paddington	109	•79	•89	743	239	697	101	75	8•2	•63	•52	6•3	46•5	58•3
Poplar	119	•87	•81	588	338	532	146	89	7•4	•85	•42	10•0	39•5	57•0
St. Marylebone	54	•59	•54	643	337	439	122	70	6•0	•84	•53	7•9	108•5	156•1
St. Pancras	162	•89	•81	481	270	315	110	80	4•6	•15	•36	5•1	44•4	71•2
Shoreditch	86	1•05	•41	665	301	526	131	101	6•3	•21	•29	5•0	58•0	83•6
South wark	129	•88	•52	408	235	328	132	105	7•5	•31	•58	6•0	232•2	400•2
Stepney	170	•84	•70	821	409	332	151	261	4•0	•36	•57	3•7	63•0	141 • 1
Stoke Newington	35	•70	•76	526	269	397	114	191	6•0	•56	1•85	6•8	28•0	49• 6
Wandsworth	224	•66	•68	628	360	414	111	84	3•3	•41	1•45	3•9	18•9	27•8
Westminster	97	•78	•44	706	240	368	35	82	3•1	• 14	• 60	4.2	26.1	34.5
Woolwich	119	•80	•95	734	283	708	258	203	6•5	•45	1•27	4•6	75•4	124.6
London (excluding City)	3,232	•79	•70	656	318	438	144	128	51	•42	•76	4•9	70•0	113•5

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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 parent or parents 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 1937 with the co-operation
of the Association.
There were 178 applications during 1937, concerning 310 children, of whom 253
were accepted, the remaining 57 being withdrawn or regarded as unsuitable. At the
end of the year 130 children were being maintained under this scheme.
The total number of children dealt with (253) is a decrease from that for the
previous year (264). The number still being cared for at the end of the year (130)
was 16 more than the previous year's figure.

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