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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 1968

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

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Table: MASS RADIOGRAPHY UNITI am indebted to Dr. Morgan, the director of the unit, for information of work done in the borough during 1968 on which the following tables are based.Table 37

MASS RADIOGRAPHY UNIT

I am indebted to Dr. Morgan, the director of the unit, for information of work done in the borough during 1968 on which the following tables are based.

Table 37

PatientsMenWomenTotal
General analysis:
X-rayed4,2623,4797,741
Previously x-rayed2,4051,5103,915
Reviewed17997276
Abnormal after review15170221
Analysis of abnormalfilms:
Cases considered tuberculous
(a) No further action required———
(b) Occasional supervision only437
(c) Requiring treatment13215
(d) Still under investigation———
(e) Refused further investigation———
Previously known tuberculous cases14620
Non-tuberculous cases
(a) Investigated (See table 38 for detailed breakdown)251641
(b) Still under investigation437
Cardio-vascular lesions262248
Abnormalities requiring no action651883

Table: Table 38NON-TUBERCULOUS ABNORMALITIES

Table 38

NON-TUBERCULOUS ABNORMALITIES

MENWOMEN
Carcinoma of bronchus5Fibrosis3
Sarcoidosis2Pneumonitis10
Bronchiectasis1Chronic bronchitis1
Pneumonitis9Pleural thickening1
Chronic bronchitis1Iron deficiency anaemia1
Fibrosis3
Pleural thickening3
Asthma1
Eosinophilic infiltration1
Poly arteritis nodosa1
2516