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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
Lewisham 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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(2) Single cases
| Notified | Otherwise ascertained | Total cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agent identified:— | |||
| Salmonella group B | 3 | — | 3 |
| „ Boreilli | — | 1 | 1 |
| „ typhimurium | 3 | — | 3 |
| ,, Panama | 1 | — | 1 |
| „ brandenburg | 1 | — | 1 |
| Staphylococci— | |||
| including toxin | 1 | — | 1 |
| Agent not identified | 7 | — | 7 |
(3) Salmonella infections, not food-borne
Nil
Mass radiography unit
I am indebted to the Director of the Unit for information of work
done in the borough during 1964 on which the following tables are based.
| Patients | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| General analysis | |||
| X-rayed | 5,350 | 5,693 | 11,043 |
| Previously x-rayed | 3,494 | 1,738 | 5,232 |
| Reviewed | 205 | 169 | 374 |
| Abnormal after review | 135 | 89 | 224 |
| Analysis of abnormal films :— | |||
| Cases considered tuberculous :— | |||
| (a) no further action required | — | — | - |
| (b) occasional supervision only | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| (c) requiring treatment | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| (d) still under investigation | 2 | — | 2 |
| (e) refused further investigation | — | 1 | 1 |
| Previously known tuberculous cases | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| Non-tuberculous cases:— | |||
| (a) investigated | 27 | 16 | 43 |
| (b) still under investigation | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Cardio-vascular lesions | 10 | 16 | 26 |
| No action required | 67 | 29 | 96 |
Commenting on the year's work, Dr. J. M. Morgan, director of the
south-east London mass x-ray service, states :—
"Of the six cases of active tuberculosis found, five were discovered
among those not previously x-rayed within five years. A total of six
cases of bronchial carcinoma were found, two being women. The figures
are approximately average for a borough of this type."