Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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(2) Single cases
Notified | Otherwise ascertained | Total cases | |
---|---|---|---|
Agent identified:— | |||
Salmonella group B | 3 | — | 3 |
„ Boreilli | — | 1 | 1 |
„ typhimurium | 3 | — | 3 |
,, Panama | 1 | — | 1 |
„ brandenburg | 1 | — | 1 |
Staphylococci— | |||
including toxin | 1 | — | 1 |
Agent not identified | 7 | — | 7 |
(3) Salmonella infections, not food-borne
Nil
Mass radiography unit
I am indebted to the Director of the Unit for information of work
done in the borough during 1964 on which the following tables are based.
Patients | Men | Women | Total |
---|---|---|---|
General analysis | |||
X-rayed | 5,350 | 5,693 | 11,043 |
Previously x-rayed | 3,494 | 1,738 | 5,232 |
Reviewed | 205 | 169 | 374 |
Abnormal after review | 135 | 89 | 224 |
Analysis of abnormal films :— | |||
Cases considered tuberculous :— | |||
(a) no further action required | — | — | - |
(b) occasional supervision only | 6 | 4 | 10 |
(c) requiring treatment | 4 | 2 | 6 |
(d) still under investigation | 2 | — | 2 |
(e) refused further investigation | — | 1 | 1 |
Previously known tuberculous cases | 8 | 4 | 12 |
Non-tuberculous cases:— | |||
(a) investigated | 27 | 16 | 43 |
(b) still under investigation | 5 | 4 | 9 |
Cardio-vascular lesions | 10 | 16 | 26 |
No action required | 67 | 29 | 96 |
Commenting on the year's work, Dr. J. M. Morgan, director of the
south-east London mass x-ray service, states :—
"Of the six cases of active tuberculosis found, five were discovered
among those not previously x-rayed within five years. A total of six
cases of bronchial carcinoma were found, two being women. The figures
are approximately average for a borough of this type."