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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 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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ANALYSI5 OF "OTHER NON-TUBERCULOUS ABNORMALITIES"
Table 37
| Men | Women | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-malignant neoplasms | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Lymphadenopathies, excluding sarcoids | — | — | — |
| Sarcoids | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Congenital cardiac abnormalities | — | — | — |
| Acquired cardiac abnormalities | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Previously known cardiac abnormalities | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Pneumoconiosis without P.M.F | — | — | — |
| Pneumoconiosis with P.M.F. | — | — | — |
| Pneumonitis | 16 | 9 | 25 |
| Bronchitis and emphysema group | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Bronchiectasis | — | 2 | 2 |
| Diaphragmatic hernia group | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Spontaneous pneumothorax group | 1 | — | 1 |
| Other miscellaneous abnormalities | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| Totals | 39 | 35 | 74 |
Table 38
| Numbers examined | Cases of tuberculosis requiring treatment or close supervision | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community surveys | 1,818 | 2,365 | 4,183 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Regular service surveys | 3,043 | 2,855 | 5,898 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Firms | 1,580 | 731 | 2,311 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Contacts | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hospitals, colleges, etc. | 621 | 1,385 | 2,006 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Homes and hostels | 216 | 105 | 321 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| Total | 7,278 | 7,441 | 14,719 | 15 | 7 | 22 |
PROPHYLAXIS
Immunisation against the following diseases was offered at health centres and schools
—diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, poliomyelitis, smallpox, measles and tuberculosis.
Children between the ages 6 months and 5 years were offered immunisation at
health centres and from 5-12 years in schools. Adults between the ages of 15 and 40
years were offered immunisation against poliomyelitis. B.C.G. vaccination against
tuberculosis was offered to all children in schools in their fourteenth year.
Medical practitioners in the Borough are supplied, free of cost, with poliomyelitis
vaccine for persons under the age of 40, and diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus,
measles, rubella and smallpox vaccine.
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