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Southwark 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS. 1943.
| DIAGNOSIS | PULMONARY | NON-PULMONARY | TOTAL | GRAND TOTAL | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults | Children | Adults | Children | Adults | Children | |||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |||
| A. | New cases examined during the year(excluding contacts) | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 52 | 49 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 58 | 54 | 15 | 5 | 132 | |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | 10 | 35 | 10 | 12 | - | - | 2 | 40 | 35 | 12 | 12 | 99 | ||
| (c) Non-tuberculous | 153 | 142 | 23 | 6 | 1 | - | 163 | 143 | 23 | 6 | 335 | |||
| B. | Contacts examined during the year | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | ||||||||||||||
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 18 | |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | 34 | 66 | 41 | 33 | - | - | - | - | 34 | 66 | 11 | 33 | 176 | |
| C. | Cases written off the Dispensary Register as | |||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | - | 9 | ||
| (b) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous) | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 5 | ||
| D. | Number of cases on Dispensary Register on 31st December. | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 466 | 351 | 64 | 59 | 25 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 491 | 379 | 67 | 64 | 1,001 | |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | 43 | 42 | 16 | 14 | - | - | 2 | - | 43 | 42 | 18 | 14 | 117 | |