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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

Brentford and Chiswick 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]

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Table: The total number of persons X-rayed including general public, factory groups and certain school-leavers, was 8 788 Details of the persons making up this total are as follows:-

The total number of persons X-rayed including general public, factory groups and certain school-leavers, was 8 788 Details of the persons making up this total are as follows:-

General Public7629351,697
Ex School Leavers1171149266
Total5,0343,548,788

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The number of Brentford and Chiswicluresidents included in this total is
2,636 and during the rest of the year 324 Brentford and Chiswick residents were
X-rayed during visits of the Unit to neighbouring boroughs 19 Brentford and
Chiswick residents were referred to Chest Clinics for further investigation, 17
of these having been found during the Unit's visit to the borough A total of
seven cases of active pulmonary tuberculosis was found, giving a rate of 2 ,3 per
thousand as compared with a rate of 2.2 per thousand in the last survey in 1954
In addition, two cases of bronchial carcinoma were found, both men,.
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