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 Hornchurch]
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Mass Radiography Unit.
This survey was arranged through Dr. Lawless, the Medical Director
of Mass Radiography Unit No. 6b of the North East Metropolitan
Regional Hospital Board.
Six factory visits, three schools, two old people's homes and 12 general public sessions were carried out and a note of the attendance is given below:—
Male | Female | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Deyong's | 15 | 121 | 136 |
Lacrinoid Products | 187 | 96 | 283 |
Roneo Limited | 911 | 574 | 1,485 |
Murex Limited | 1,205 | 275 | 1,480 |
Victor Engineering Company | 195 | 41 | 236 |
Rainham Working Men's Club | 157 | 227 | 384 |
Mungo Park Road | 51 | 344 | 395 |
South Hornchurch Clinic | 204 | 236 | 440 |
Church Road, Harold Wood | 259 | 272 | 531 |
Harold Wood Social Centre | 145 | 229 | 374 |
Hornchurch Grammer School | 188 | 151 | 339 |
Abbs Cross Technical School | 141 | 143 | 284 |
Plough Inn, Cranham | 146 | 212 | 358 |
Cranhain Clinic | 139 | 261 | 400 |
Bell Hotel, Upminster | 558 | 951 | 1,509 |
Spencers Arms, Ardleigh Green | 52 | 177 | 229 |
Crown Inn, Roneo Corner | 197 | 243 | 440 |
Odeon Car Park, Hornchurch | 419 | 578 | 997 |
Elm Park Hotel | 377 | 654 | 1,031 |
Avenue Industrial Estate | 173 | 262 | 435 |
Brentwood Training College, Harold Wood | 31 | 67 | 98 |
Stears Lodge, Harold Wood | 21 | 28 | 49 |
"Ravenscourt," Station Lane | 10 | 38 | 48 |
A total of 11,961 persons attended comprising 5,781 males and 6,180
females. The figures for 1960 were 9,478; for 1958—8,518; for 1956—
8,831 and for 1954—5,687. It will thus be seen that the final figure of
11,961 examinations for this visit shows an increase of 2,483 compared
with the 1960 visit.
The clinical evaluation of the visit is given below. The Unit detected
ten cases of active pulmonary tuberculosis and seven of carcinoma of
the bronchus, as against seven and two last time.
Tuberculous lesions:
Males Females Total
Calcified primary 45 39 84
Inactive tuberculosis 51 39 90
Active tuberculosis 6 4 10