London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Willesden 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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TABLE 8 Mass Radiography
| Source | No. | Cases of active or presumed active tuberculosis | Rate per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Out patients | 11,678 | 41 | 3.5 |
| In patients | 2,279 | 13 | 5.7 |
| Own doctor | 7,653 | 89 | 11.6 |
| Self referred | 7,379 | 25 | 3.4 |
| Staff and applicants for staff appointments | 1,395 | 2 | 1.4 |
| Area Medical Officers | 2,647 | 7 | 2.6 |
| 33,031 | 177 | 5.3 | |
| In addition there were 7 known cases. | |||
Ante-natal Patients
Total number of patients radiographed 2,918
Cases detected 11
= 3.7 per 1,000.
(Included above under Out-patients and Area Medical Officers)
Tuberculosis and Other Abnormalities
Diagnoses:
Pulmonary tuberculosis (active or presumed active unsuspected disease) 177
Neoplasm of lung 38
Bronchiectasis 103
Pleural effusion 19
Emphysema 378
Significant disease of heart or aorta 44
Total number of patients with significant abnormalities 759
TABLE 9 Contact-tracing Factories
| No. of factories | 12 | |
| No. of contacts mass X-rayed | 834 | |
| Satisfactory | 792 | |
| After further X-ray : | ||
| Not suffering from tuberculosis | 23 | |
| Tuberculosis | 1 | |
| Arrested tuberculosis | 1 | |
| Referred to other chest clinic (home address outside area) | 7* | |
| Further examination in 1955 (still at work) | 8 | |
| Cancer of lung | 1 | |
| Silicosis | 1 | |
| 42 | ||
| *Ealing, Harrow, St. Marylebone, Uxbridge, Edgware (2) and Hampstead Chest Clinics. | ||