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

  • Lambeth (London, England)
Date:
[1958]
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    40 TUBERCULOSIS I am indebted to Dr. Price, Chest Physician at St. Francis' Hospital for the following report on the work of this Chest Clinic during the year. The following Table is an extract of the Annua] Return of Chest Clinic Work sent to the Ministry of Health for the year 1957 and refers to the Clinic at St. Francis' Hospital. Table 1 Respiratory Tuberculosis Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis Men Women Children TOTAL Men Women Children TOTAL Total cases on Clinic Register at 31.12. 57 626 541 85 1,252 14 18 16 48 Number of cases diagnosed during the year 66 57 5 128 1 - 1 2 Recovered 5 6 1 12 - - - - Deaths 6 1 - 7 - 1 - 1 Deaths Deaths from Tuberculosis are the lowest ever recorded. Six men and only one woman died of Pulmonary Tuberculosis. One death occurred in an aged patient where non-respiratory disease was discovered posthumously. Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis Only two non-respiratory cases were added to the register during the year. The decline in non-respiratory disease continues and is associated with the compulsory pasteurisation of milk. Review of those cases on the register shows that the majority are secondary to a primary lung infection and are not due to bovine tuberculosis. The widening use of B.C.G. vaccination will reduce the numbers still further coincidently with the prevention of Tuberculosis.