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
Greenwich 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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ANALYSIS OF SURVEYS
| Numbers Examined | Cases of Tuberculosis requiring treatment or close supervision | Not Previously Examined (included in first column) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Numbers | Cases | |||||||||||
| Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | |
| A) Public Surveys | 58 | 14 | 72 | - | - | - | 50 | 10 | 60 | - | - | - |
| B) Public Surveys-Examination of Special Groups | 702 | 145 | 847 | 1 | - | 1 | 77 | 79 | 156 | - | - | - |
| C) Firms— Full-scale visits | 3,262 | 1,290 | 4,552 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1,107 | 526 | 1,633 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| D) Firms- Examination of Special groups | 3,813 | 33 | 3,846 | 2* | - | 2 | 62 | 12 | 74 | 1 | - | 1 |
| E) Colleges, Schools, Hospitals, etc. | 310 | 1,352 | 1,662 | — | - | - | 135 | 1,080 | 1,215 | - | - | - |
| F) Regular Sites | 2,352 | 1,205 | 3,557 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 851 | 644 | 1,495 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| TOTAL | 10,497 | 4,039 | 14,536 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 2,282 | 2,351 | 4,633 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
* One of these cases also carcinoma of bronchus.
Venereal Diseases
Under the National Health Service Act of 1946, diagnosis and
treatment of venereal diseases became a responsibility of the
Regional Hospital Boards and the functions of the local health
authorities were limited to those of prevention. In practical
terms, this means the tracing of contacts, a difficult and often
unrewarding part of the preventive service.
On various occasions, the Minister of Health has stated that
although complete control is still an unfulfilled and perhaps distant
objective, our free facilities for diagnosis and treatment has at
least contained the spread of these diseases to a degree which
compares favourably with other countries. Maybe there are newer