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 Lewisham Borough]
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MASS RADIOGRAPHY UNIT
I am indebted to Dr. Morgan, the director of the unit, for information of work
done in the Borough during 1969, on which the following tables are based:—
Patients | Men | Women | Total |
---|---|---|---|
X-rayed | 5,101 | 4,975 | 10,076 |
Previously x-rayed | 2,587 | 1,892 | 4,479 |
Reviewed | 148 | 85 | 233 |
Abnormal after review | 130 | 70 | 200 |
(a) No further action required | 1 | 1 | 2 |
(b) Occasional supervision only | 2 | 2 | 4 |
(c) Requiring treatment | 13 | 2 | 15 |
(d) Still under investigation | – | – | – |
(e) Refused further investigation | 1 | – | 1 |
Previously known tuberculous cases | 7 | – | 7 |
Non-tuberculous cases | |||
(a) Investigated (See table 36 for detailed breakdown) | 29 | 13 | 42 |
(b) Still under investigation | 5 | 3 | 8 |
Cardio-vascular lesions | 8 | 15 | 23 |
Abnormalities requiring no action | 64 | 34 | 98 |
MEN | WOMEN | ||
---|---|---|---|
Bronchial carcinoma | 7 | Bronchial carcinoma | 1 |
Sarcoidosis | 2 | Malignant pleural effusion from carcinoma of breast | 1 |
Spontaneous pneumothorax | 1 | ||
Suspect benign pulmonary neoplasm | 1 | Suspect neurofibroma | 1 |
Retrosternal goitre | 1 | Pulmonary cyst | 1 |
Bronchiectasis | 1 | Persistent thymus-thymectomy | 1 |
Pneumonitis | 9 | Pneumonitis | |
Bronchitis and emphysema group | 2 | Diaphragmatic hernia group | 1 |
Pulmonary infarct | 1 | Pulmonary infarct | 1 |
Pleural thickening | 3 | Linear fibrosis | 1 |
Asthma | 1 | Fatty deposits in chest | 1 |
Elevation of diaphragm | 1 | ||
29 | 13 |