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Wandsworth 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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47
TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARIES.
The times at which Sessions are held at the two Tuberculosis
Dispensaries are as follows:β€”
(a.) At the Main Dispensary, 79, East Hill, Wandsworth,
which serves the areas, Putney, Southfield, Fairfield, Springfield
and North Clapham:β€”
Monday: Morning and Afternoon.
Tuesday: Evening (7 p.m.), for those at work.
Thursday: Morning and Afternoon.
Saturday: Morning (for school children).
(b.) At the Branch Dispensary, 114, Gosberton Road,
Balham, which serves the areas Streatham, Tooting, Balham
and South Clapham:β€”
Tuesday: Morning and Afternoon.
Thursday: Evening (7 p.m.), for those at work.
Friday: Morning.
New Cases in 1929.β€”The following Table shows the number
of new cases which attended the dispensaries during the year
classified into adults and children and according to the diagnosis
arrived at.
TABLE XXVI.
Tuberculous.
Suspected
Tuberculosis
NonTuber
culous
Totals.
Pulmonary
NonPul
monary
Total
Adults
M.
161
10
171
56
80
307
F.
161
7
168
41
142
351
Children
M.
2
10
12
61
481
554
F.
2
12
14
72
513
599
Totals
326
39
365
230
1,216
1,811
In addition to the above, 37 other cases also attended
who were either transferred from other Districts where they
had been under treatment or had re-appeared after having been
removed from the Dispensary Register.