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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table T.13—
| Chest clinics | Estimated population served | Total new cases of tuberculosis (all forms) | New contacts seen | New contacts not determined | New contacts diagnosed | New contacts found tuberculous | Per cent, new contacts found tuberculous among diagnosed contacts | Calculated rate of new contacts seen per 100 new cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | ||
| Chelsea | 51,450 | 51 | 220 | – | 220 | 1 | 0.5 | 431 |
| Fulham | 118,600 | 109 | 133 | 28 | 105 | 2 | 1.9 | 82 |
| Hammersmith | 114,700 | 137 | 734 | – | 734 | 4 | 0.5 | 536 |
| Hampstead | 97,710 | 89 | 372 | – | 372 | – | – | 418 |
| Paddington and Kensington | 290,900 | 406 | 1,627 | 272 | 1,355 | 21 | 1.6 | 401 |
| St. Marylebone | 73,440 | 74 | 221 | 221 | 5 | 2.3 | 307 | |
| St. Pancras | 134,500 | 154 | 388 | 20 | 368 | 2 | 0.5 | 252 |
| City of Westminster | 97,630 | 111 | 235 | – | 235 | 10 | 4.3 | 220 |
| Finsbury | 35,100 | 29 | 84 | 12 | 72 | 4 | 5.6 | 290 |
| Holborn | 23,060 | 46 | 443 | 4 | 439 | 8 | 1.8 | 963 |
| Islington | 228,800 | 356 | 620 | 48 | 572 | 26 | 4.5 | 174 |
| Shoreditch | 45,480 | 35 | 163 | 2 | 161 | 2 | 1.2 | 466 |
| Stoke Newington and Hackney North | 138,140 | 120 | 545 | 5 | 540 | 7 | 1.3 | 454 |
| Hackney South and Bethnal Green | 133,390 | 118 | 446 | 33 | 413 | 6 | 1.5 | 379 |
| City of London | 5,180 | 5 | 60 | 4 | 56 | 2 | 3.6 | 1,200 |
| Poplar | 70,260 | 64 | 311 | 87 | 224 | 1 | 0.4 | 486 |
| Stepney | 98,180 | 173 | 286 | – | 286 | 14 | 4.9 | 165 |
| Deptford | 72,890 | 170 | 358 | 12 | 346 | 14 | 4.0 | 210 |
| Greenwich | 89,490 | 91 | 470 | 24 | 446 | 16 | 3.6 | 516 |
| Woolwich (both clinics) | 148,500 | 153 | 378 | 83 | 295 | 6 | 2.0 | 247 |
| Camberwell | 178,400 | 334 | 1,093 | 1,093 | 19 | 1.7 | 327 | |
| Lewisham | 223,400 | 259 | 2,015 | – | 2,015 | 19 | 0.9 | 778 |
| Bermondsey | 57,580 | 59 | 198 | 4 | 194 | 5 | 5.3 | 336 |
| Lambeth North | 103,800 | 126 | 509 | – | 509 | 5 | 1.0 | 404 |
| Lambeth South | 120,400 | 90 | 604 | 2 | 602 | 9 | 1.2 | 671 |
| Southwark | 93,820 | 164 | 526 | 526 | 5 | 1.0 | 321 | |
| Battersea | 113,700 | 97 | 488 | 42 | 446 | 21 | 4.7 | 503 |
| Wandsworth Town Hall clinic | 181,660 | 185 | 257 | 2 | 255 | 18 | 13.6 | 139 |
| Balham | 154,840 | 100 | 493 | 39 | 454 | 10 | 2.2 | 493 |
| TOTAL | 3,295,000 | 3,905 | 14,277 | 723 | 13,554 | 262 | 1.9 | 366 |
Figures are taken from chest clinic returns T. 145 to Ministry of Health. * New contacts seen ' may include local work contacts not resident in the County of London.
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