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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
Wood Green 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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has not fallen in the country as a whole during the post-war
period. This is undoubtedly due, in part at least,to the greatly
improved facilities for discovering the disease in its early
stages,more especially in the work of Mass Radiography Units and
Chest Clinics.
There does not appear to be any reason to believe that Wood
Green has more than its share of fresh cases every year, or that
any unusual conditions exist within the Borough which favour the
spread of tuberculosis.
In passing, it should of course be mentioned that, although
the incidence of tuberculosis has not shown any decrease, the
death rate is falling quite rapidly. In other words, although
just as many cases are occurring today as occurred,say,ten years
ago, many more patients are being kept not only alive, but fit,
able to work and capable of leading a happy, healthy life.
The Secretary of the Unit supplied the following information relating to the work carried out by the Unit over the twelve days during which the Unit visited Wood Green:
| Groups | Male | Female | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schoolchildren Number of miniatures | 336 | 455 | 791 |
| Number recalled for large film | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| School Staff Number of miniatures | 17 | 24 | 41 |
| Number recalled for large film | – | 2 | 2 |
| Public Sessions Number of miniatures | 646 | 854 | 1, 500 |
| Number recalled for large film | 15 | 28 | 43 |
| Organized Groups Number of miniatures | 1,281 | 1,036 | 2,317 |
| Number recalled for large film | 37 | 26 | 63 |
| Total number of miniatures all groups | 2,280 | 2,363 | 4,649 |
| Total number of large films all groups | 53 | 62 | 115 |
| Active Post-Primary Lesions discovered | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 1 case still outstanding provisionally classified as active Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 1 | 1 | |
| Inactive Post Primary Lesions discovered | 13 | 10 | 23 |
| Groups in which Active Lesions were discovered Organised Groups | 2 | 2 | |
| Tublic Sessions | 1 | 3 | 4 |