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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Greenwich 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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surveys (with attention to special groups in each category) were
carried out in the Borough during the year by the South East
London Mass Radiography Unit. Dr. J. M. Morgan, the Director
of this Unit to whom I am indebted for the following analysis of the
results, observes that "three cases of tuberculosis were found
among men and two women which, even in this day and age, is
a remarkably low figure.
Eight cases of bronchial carcinoma is an average finding for
this disorder and it is notable that the figure for women continues
to rise. Of these eight cases only two were operated on successfully
and all three women were considered to be inoperable."
Summary of Surveys Carried Out in the B orough from 1 st J anuary to 31 st D ecember , 1970
| TOTALS EXAMINED | |||
| MEN | 7,966 | ||
| WOMEN | 3,768 | ||
| 11,734 | |||
| (a) TUBERCULOUS | |||
| Cases requiring close supervision or treatment | - | 2 | |
| Cases requiring occasional supervision | 3 | - | 3 |
| Cases previously known requiring close supervision or treatment | - | - | - |
| Cases previously known requiring occasional supervision | 1 | - | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Still under investigation | — | — | — |
| Failed to attend follow-up | — | — | — |
| Total | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| (b) NON-TUBERCULOUS | |||
| Carcinoma of lung | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Carcinoma of lung (previously known) | — | — | — |
| Malignant neoplasms other than carcinoma of lung | - | 1 | 1 |
| Other non-tuberculous abnormalities (see below) | 31 | 22 | 53 |
| 36 | 26 | 62 | |
| Still under investigation | 2 | — | 2 |
| Failed to attend follow-up | — | — | — |
| Unfit for investigation | — | — | — |
| Total | 38 | 26 | 64 |
| TOTALS—all abnormalities | 42 | 28 | 70 |