[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford Borough].

  • Deptford (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1952]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford Borough]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    7 Tuberculosis remains one of the most important of all diseases in this country from an economic point of view. In many cases it is a chronic disease and even if it does not kill it may cause a very prolonged absence from work and more or less permanent disability. Moreover it commonly attacks young adults when they have just started to be an economic asset to the community. The deaths due to respiratory tuberculosis in Deptford in 1951 were 32 males and 15 females as compared with 19 and 7 respectively during the previous year. The excess of males is largely due to the presence of Carrington house, a common lodging house for men with upwards of 800 beds, situated within the Borough. Of the 32 male deaths, 10 were of persons residing at this lodging house. Of the deaths from respiratory tuberculosis 27 of the 32 male deaths and 14 of the 15 female deaths were in persons between the ages of 15 and 65 years, whereas of the deaths from all causes, only about 30% were within this age group. Tuberculosis Register Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary M F Total M F Total Cases notified for the first time 94 89 183 1 9 10 - Posthumous notifications 4 2 6 - - New cases in Borough coming to knowledge otherwise than by notification - 15 15 30 2 2 Cases on Tuberculosis Register at 31.12.50 469 401 870 30 44 74 The Chest Physician, Dr. J. P. V. Rigby, has kindly supplied the following figures concerning the Chest Clinic at Harton Street and the Tuberculosis Care Committee :— Cases on Chest Clinic Register at 31.12.51 :— Definite 867 Observation 35 Number of new contacts examined 592 Total attendances at the Chest Clinic 9,655 TUBERCULOSIS CARE COMMITTEE Cases recommended for institutional treatment referred to Care Committee 147 Interviews by Secretary (from 5.3.51—31.12.51) 1,184 Cases assisted by Care Committee 92 Sums raised by Christmas Seal Sale (1951) £191 4s. 4d. Expenses £15 6s. 9d. plus £8 15s. lOd. being 5% proceeds to NAPT.