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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
Holborn 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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Mass Radiography.
The campaign for the early detection of Tuberculosis was continued during the
year by Mass X-Ray Unit II of the North-West Regional Hospital Board. Facilities were
afforded to persons living or working in Holborn for X-ray examination of chest and
lungs during March, April and May, 1951. A large number of firms in the Borough were
invited to allow their employees to undergo examination by the Unit, and the managements
proved very co-operative. So great was the response that it was found necessary to
include some volunteers in later programmes held elsewhere.
The following are particulars giving the results of the examinations: —
Analysis of Survey of Persons Working in the Borough.
| No. of persons examined | 5,723 | 4,799 | 10,522 |
| No. recalled for large films | 152 | 227 | |
| Recall percentage | 2.7% | 1.6% | 2.2% |
| No further action | 93 | 45 | 138 |
| Further medical advice recommended | 37 | 18 | 55 |
| To return for re-check at later date | 20 | 9 | 29 |
| Failed to attend for large film | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 152 | 75 | 227 | |