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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
Lewisham 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Mass radiography unit
I am indebted to the Director of the Unit for information of work
done in the borough during 1957 on which the following table is based.
The Unit during the course of the year was stationed at 7 different
locations in the borough, the time spent at each varying from 1 day to
1 week.
Table 49
| Patients | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| General analysis | |||
| X-rayed | 5,940 | 2,974 | 8,914 |
| Previously x-rayed | 4,236 | 2,000 | 6,236 |
| Recalled for large film | 230 | 84 | 314 |
| Normal on large film | 92 | 48 | 140 |
| Abnormal on large film | 136 | 36 | 172 |
| Not yet re-attended | 2 | - | 2 |
| Analysis of abnormal large films:— | |||
| Cases considered tuberculous:— | |||
| (a) no further action required | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 14 | - | 14 | |
| (c) requiring treatment | 6 | - | 6 |
| (d) still under investigation | - | 2 | 2 |
| Non-tuberculous cases:— | |||
| (a) investigated | 16 | 10 | 26 |
| (b) still under investigation | 4 | - | 4 |
| Cardio-vascular lesions | 4 | - | 4 |
| Previously known tuberculous cases | 14 | 4 | 18 |
| No action required | 76 | 14 | 90 |
Tuberculosis—environmental conditions
Case papers of patients attending the Lewisham Chest Clinic in 1957 have been analysed in 238 cases with the following results:—
| Cases | %* | |
|---|---|---|
| Males | 122 | 51 |
| Females | 116 | 49 |
| Social classification:— | ||
| Class I | 2 | 1 |
| Class II | 20 | 10 |
| Class III | 133 | 64 |
| Class IV | 29 | 14 |
| Class V | 23 | 11 |
| Not classifiable | 31 | — |
| Rooms occupied:— | ||
| 2 or more rooms per person | 34 | 14 |
| 1—2 rooms per person | 130 | 55 |
| Less than 1 room per person | 73 | 31 |
| No information | 1 | — |
| Accommodation:— | ||
| Separate bed | 85 | 36 |
| Separate bedroom | 61 | 26 |
| Condition of premises occupied:— | ||
| Good | 192 | 82 |
| Fair | 34 | 15 |
| Poor | 7 | 3 |
| No information | 5 | — |
*Excluding cases not classified