Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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The corresponding figures for previous years are:-
1958 | 3,172 |
1957 | 3,108 |
1956 | 3,048 |
1955 | 2,945 |
1954 | 2,922 |
1953 | 2,802 |
1952 | 2,575 |
1951 | 2,404 |
1950 | 2,368 |
1949 | 2,490 |
Islington Chest Clinic, Whittington Hospital
St Pancras Chest Clinic, Margaret Street St Marylebone
Mass X-Ray Unit of the North-West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board 32, Drayton Park,N.5.
The Borough is well and conveniently served by the above centres to which patients may be
referred or where persons may attend for examination.
Cases on Chest Clinic Registers
Pulmonary | Non Pulmonary | Total | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adults | Children | Adults | Children | Adults | Children | |||||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
Number of definite cases of tuberculosis on Chest Clinic Register as at 31st December, 1959 Islington C C | 1225 | 857 | 48 | 61 | 41 | 72 | 4 | 8 | 1266 | 929 | 52 | 69 |
St Pancras C C | 138 | 90 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | 143 | 91 | 7 | 7 |
1363 | 947 | 55 | 67 | 46 | 73 | 4 | 9 | 1409 | 1020 | 59 | 76 | |
Grand Total | 2564 |
The corresponding figures for previous years are:-
1958 | 2,735 |
1957 | 2,818 |
1956 | 2,772 |
1955 | 2,751 |
1954 | 2,851 |
1953 | 2,738 |
1952 | 2,575 |
1951 | 2,443 |
1950 | 2,238 |
1949 | 2,127 |
The Static X-Ray Centre still continues to perform a valuable survey of persons who may or may not have any symptoms and the following information in respect of Islington residents has been kindly furnished by Dr Brett the Medical Director of the X Ray Unit:-
Male | Female | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
No of persons X-rayed | 5443 | 7061 | 12504 |
No. of cases | 54 | 23 | 77 |
Rate per 1,000 | 10 | 3.2 | 6.1 |