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Deptford 1936

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

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Report of Tuberculosis Officer—continued,
Notes on Tables of Notifications.
11 cases died before coming to the notice of the Medical Officer
of Health, 3 (l pulmonary and 2 non-pulmonary) through death
returns, 8 (6 pulmonary and 2 non-pulmonary), by posthumous
notification.
Of the 4 non-pulmonary cases 1 was a case of meningitis and
1 of miliary tuberculosis, 1 was a mental hospital case, and in
the other case the patient was said to have been ill only one day
before admission to hospital. Of the 7 pulmonary cases, 1 was a
case notified as dying in a mental hospital, 1 was a case of tuberculous
madiastinal glands, 1 was a case in which the postmortem
examination revealed tuberculosis, and 3 were hospital cases
admitted shortly before death. In one case the patient's doctor
wrote explaining lateness of notification.
11 of the pulmonary cases notified died within a month of
notification.
7 pulmonary and 3 non-pulmonary cases which were transferred
into the borough were not notified in the area before the end
of the year. Where such cases originate at a hospital they are
seldom seen at Dispensary and may not have occasion to call in a
local doctor, so that they may remain formally unnotified. They
are however visited, and the patient and his home kept under
supervision as in the case of patients formally notified.
In 9 of the cases notified the diagnosis was subsequently not
confirmed.

Table: Home accommodation of 141 of the Cases notified in 1936 (mental hospital, lodging-house and"diagnosis not confirmed" cases omitted).

Home accommodation of 141 of the Cases notified in 1936 (mental hospital, lodging-house and

"diagnosis not confirmed" cases omitted).

CASES and Number in Family.113 Pulmonary Tuberculosis.28 Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
80 Cases with T.B. in Sputum. Rooms.33 Cases in which T.B. not known to be present in Sputum. Rooms.Rooms.
12345 or more12345 or more12345 or more
6 of 11 of 12 of 11 of 1
2 of 26 of 27 of 22 of 24 of 21 of 21 of 2
1 of 32 of 36 of 36 of 33 of 31 of 3l of 34 of 32 of 32 of 3
1 of 41 of 43 of 44 of 43 of 41 of 41 of 43 of 44 of 43 of 41 of 41 of 42 of 4
1 of 53 of 57 of 5l of 5l of 51 of 51 of 52 of 52 of 5
2 of 61 of 62 of 61 of 6l of 61 of 63 of 6
l of 74 of 71 of 72 of 8
1 of 8l of 8l of 8
2 of 9l of 9lof 9
2 of 101 of 101 of 10
1 of 121 of 121 of 11
29 had a separate room.10 bad a separate room.8 had separate room.
7 had separate bed with 1 other in room2 had separate bed but 1 other in room.2 had separate bed, but 1 other in room.
1 21 24 „ n 2 „
34 had another in bed.16 had another in bed.8 had another in bed.
5 „ „ & 1 other in room1 „ „ 1 „2 „ 1
2 „ „ & 2 others in room1 „ 2„2 „ „ 2
2 had 2 others in bed2 had 2 others „ 2 „1 .. „ 3
1 2 others „ 2