Fulham Borough.

  • Fulham (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1918]
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Credit: Fulham Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    15 Mortality from Tuberculosis. - I9I deaths (99 of males and 92 of females) were registered from pulmonary tuberculosis, representing a death-rate of 1˙32 per 1,000, the average of the preceding five years being I˙33. To other tuberculous diseases 49 deaths were due, the mortality being at the rate of 0˙34 per 1,000. Prevention and Treatment of Tuberculosis. Fulham Tuberculosis Dispensary. —The following table gives a summary of the work of the Dispensar— New Patients. 1. Suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis 286 2. „ „ other forms „ 13 3. suspected cases „ 349 4. non-tuberculous 329 Total 977 Total Cases notified during 1917 (including 32 cases admitted during previous years) 331 Number of Patients Treated (old and new). - 1. Insured 471 2. Uninsured 1,317 Total 1,788 Number of Attendances at Dispensary. 1. Insured 1,052 2. Uninsured 6,528 Total 7,580 Doctor's home visits 1,141 Nurses' „ 2,789 Persons specially examined as Contacts 492 Number of these found tuberculous 21 Contacts who became patients during the year 197 Insured patients examined for purposes (sanatorium treatment, etc.) of London Insurance Committee 112 Uninsured patients recommended for sanatorium treatment to London County Council 61 Patients sent to Infirmary 45 Referred to Invalid Children's Aid Association 29 „ „ Charity Organization Committee 27 „ „ Children's Country Holidays Fund 47 Patients who had Tuberculin treatment 351