London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1972
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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RATES OF ATTENDANCE AND REFERRAL: PERCENTAGES OF ATTENDERS FOUND TO HAVE DEFECTS: ADULT SCREENING CLINIC (January 72-December 72)
| No of sessions held | No of attenders | Average attendance per session | Persons referred | Persons found to have defects | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | % of attenders | No | % of attenders | ||||
| Men | 33 | 231 | 7 | 161 | 70% | 90 | 39% |
| Women | 43 | 275 | 6 | 187 | 68% | 122 | 44% |
ANALYSIS OF DEFECTS BY TEST OR SYSTEM: ADULT SCREENING CLINIC (January 72-December 72)
| No of attenders | Total No of defects found | No of defects in each group | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hearing defect | Vision defect (untreated) | Obesity | Urine abnormality | Respiratory abnormality | . Hyper Itension | Blood abnormality | Breast abnormality | Pelvic abnormality | Abnormal smear | ||||
| No of defects | 21 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 44 | 5 | - | - | - | |||
| Men | 231 | 121 | % of all defects | 17% | 20% | 11% | 7% | 3% | 36% | 4% | - | - | - |
| 1 | No of defects | 16 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 52 | 12 | 2 | 30 | 1 | ||
| Women | 275 | 165 | % of all defects | 10% | 21% | 6% | 2% | 2% | 31% | 7% | 1% | 18% | 1% |