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Hampstead 1951

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

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Table: The detailed result of the visit is as follows:-

The detailed result of the visit is as follows:-

Males.Females.Total.
No. of adults attending5924371,029
No. of school children and staff attending3466861,032
No. recalled for further X-ray (large film)141125
Analysis of large films.
No further action11617
Further medical advice recommended257
To attend for re-check at later date1-1

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It will be seen that out of the total of 2,061 persons who attended for
X-ray, 7 were found to require further medical advice, i.e., 0·34 per
cent., and one was advised to attend later for a re-check.
In December the Unit paid a two week visit to the Main Restaurant,
Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park, and a letter was sent to some seventy
factories and institutions in the Borough informing them of the opportunity
for their staff to be X-rayed. The facilities were also available to a
number of other Boroughs and no summary of attendances and results
in respect of Hampstead people is available in respect of this survey.
FOOD POISONING.
During the year we received 23 notifications of cases of food
poisoning. Many of these were isolated cases but in three instances there
was an outbreak affecting a number of individuals. One of these was
associated with the purchase of duck eggs infected with the germs of
dysentery. The source of infection was actually traced to the farm at
which the ducks were kept and even to individual ducks. In another
case an outbreak was associated with a school and in the third with a
hostel. In all cases appropriate action terminated the outbreak.
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.
(Infectious Diseases.)

Table: The record of examinations carried out during the year by the Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale, is as follows:-

The record of examinations carried out during the year by the Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale, is as follows:-

Throat/Nose Swabs.
Diphtheria Bacilli foundNil
Hæmolytic Streptococci found23
Vincent's Angina organisms found3
Negative115
Fæces.
Shigella found52
Salmonella found19
Negative134
Sputum.
T.B. found2
Other organisms found3
Negative13
Pertussis.
Negative21

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