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Islington 1961

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

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Table: The corresponding figures for previous years are:-

The corresponding figures for previous years are:-

19603,034
19593, 074
19583, 172
19573, 108
19563r 048
19552, 945
19542,922
19532, 802
19522,575
19512. 404
19502, 368
19492, 490

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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.

Table: Cases on Chest Clinic Registers

Cases on Chest Clinic Registers

PulmonaryNon-PulmonaryTotal
AdultsChildrenAdultsChildrenAdultsChildren
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 1961:
Islington C.C.1,162825445049796121,2119045062
St. Pancras C. C.1177-871154-112282712
1,279903516154836131,3339865774
Grand Total2,450

Table: The corresponding figures for previous years are:-

The corresponding figures for previous years are:-

I9602, 497
19592, 564
19582, 735
19572,818
19562, 772
19 552,751
19542, 851
19532,738
19522, 575
19512, 443
19502, 238
19492, 127

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The Islington X-Ray Centre
Dr. G.Z. Brett, Physician on Charge of the Mass X-Ray Unit sited at Drayton Park, has
kindly agreed to the following inclusion from his report which reviews the work of the Unit
over the past ten years.