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Islington 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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The corresponding figures for previous years are:-
1962 2.912
1961 2,978
1960 3,034
1959 3,074
1958 3,172
1957 3,168
1956 3,048
1955 2,945
1954 2,922
1953 2,862
1952 2,575
1951 2,404
1950 2,368
Islington Chest Clinic, Whittington Hospital
St. Pancras Chest Clinic, Margaret Street, St. Marylebone
Mass X/Ray Unit of the North-Rest Metropolitan Regional Hospital Boards 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 | Qiildren | Adults Children | Adults | Children | ||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Number of definite cases of tubercu-losis on Chest Clinic Register as at 31st December 1963 | ||||||||||||
| Islington C.C. | 1146 | 761 | 60 | 60 | 56 | 83 | 3 | 11 | 1202 | 844 | 63 | 71 |
| St. Pancras C. C. | 119 | 72 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 124 | 78 | 8 | 12 | ||
| 1265 | 833 | 68 | 72 | 61 | 89 | 3 | 11 | 1326 | 922 | 71 | 83 | |
| Grand Total | 2,402 | |||||||||||
The corresponding figures for previous years are:-
| 1962 | 2,415 |
| 1961 | 2,450 |
| 1960 | 2,497 |
| 1959 | 2, 564 |
| 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 |