London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Greenwich 1971

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]

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lady showing her occupation as 'school meals' who had extensive and possibly cavitated disease with a positive sputum.
You will note that we have been obliged to reduce the total
number examined in the Borough from 11,000 to about 8,000
but, in spite of this, numbers of abnormals detected have remained more or less unchanged".

Summary of Surveys Carried Out in the Borough from 1st January to 31st December, 1971

TOTALS EXAMINED
MEN4,348
WOMEN3,461
7,809
ABNORMALITIES DETECTED
(a) TUBERCULOUSTotal numbers of proved cases
MenWomenTotal
Cases requiring close supervision or treatment314
Cases requiring occasional supervision123
Cases previously known requiring close supervision or treatment
Cases previously known requiring occasional supervision
437
Still under investigation
Failed to attend follow-up11
Total448
(b) NON-TUBERCULOUSMenWomenTotal
Carcinoma of lung729
Carcinoma of lung (previously known)
Malignant neoplasms other than carcinoma of lung11
Other non-tuberculous abnormalities (see below)312051
382361
Still under investigation
Failed to attend follow-up
Unfit for investigation
Total382361
TOTALS—all abnormalities422769