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 Edmonton]
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MASS RADIOGRAPHY SURVEY EDMONTON 1961-1962
PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS | MALE | FEMALE | TOTAL | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Requiring immediate treatment | 9 | 3 | 12 | ||
Requiring close clinic supervision | 1 | – | 1 | ||
Requiring occasional clinic supervision | 33 | 8 | 41 | ||
(6) | (1) | ||||
Presumed healed, no further action required (Previously known cases shown in brackets) | 18 | 13 | 31 | ||
(4) | (4) | ||||
GROUPS IN WHICH PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS WAS DISCOVERED | MALE | FEMALE | TOTAL | ||
Requiring immediate treatment - | General Public | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
Organised Groups | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||
Hospital Patient | 1 | – | 1 | ||
Requiring close clinic supervision - Organised Groups | 1 | – | 1 | ||
Requiring occasional clinic supervision | General Public | 9 | 6 | 15 | |
Organised Groups | 23 | 2 | 25 | ||
Hospital Patient | 1 | – | 1 | ||
Presumed healed, no further action required | General Public Organised Groups | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
11 | 6 | 17 | |||
BRONCHIAL CARCINOMA | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||
AMONG OTHER ABNORMALITIES DISCOVERED WERE - | |||||
MALE | FEMALE | TOTAL | |||
Congenital abnormalities of heart and vessels | – | 1 | 1 | ||
Acquired abnormalities of heart and vessels | 13 | 8 | 21 | ||
Enlargement of heart - type unknown | – | 1 | 1 | ||
Sarcoidosis | – | 1 | 1 | ||
Mediastinal cyst | 1 | - | 1 | ||
Retrosternal thyroid | – | 1 | 1 | ||
Pneumoconiosis | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Pneumonia | 5 | – | 5 | ||
Emphysema | 7 | – | 7 | ||
Pulmonary fibrosis - Non tuberculous | 9 | 1 | 10 | ||
Pleural thickening or calcification | 6 | 7 | 13 | ||
Abnormalities of the diaphragm | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
Congenital malformations of the lung | 3 | – | 3 | ||
Congenital abnormalities of bony thorax and soft tissues | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
Acquired abnormalities of bony thorax and soft tissues | 1 | – | 1 | ||
Did not attend for further investigation at clinic | 3 | 1 | 4 |