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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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MASS RADIOGRAPHY UNIT
I am indebted to Dr J M Morgan, the director of the unit, for information of work done in the Borough during 1972, on which the following tables are baseds-
| TOTALS EXAMINED Men | 4,204 | ||
| Women | 3,677 | ||
| 7,881 | |||
| ABNORMALITIES DETECTED | |||
| Total numbers of proved cases | |||
| (a) Tuberculous | Men | Women | Total |
| Cases requiring close supervision or treatment | 16 | 1 | 17 |
| Cases requiring occasional supervision | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Cases previously known requiring close supervision or treatment | 13 | — | 13 |
| Cases previously known requiring occasional supervision | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Still under investigation | - | - | - |
| F Failed to attend follow-up | — | — | — |
| TOTAL | 37 | 42 | |
| (b) Non-tuberculous | |||
| Carcinoma of lung | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Malignant neoplasms other than carcinoma of lung | — | — | — |
| Other non-tuberculous abnormalities (see attached) | 30 | 29 | 59 |
| Still under investigation | - | - | -- |
| Failed to attend follow-up | 1 | - | 1 |
| TOTAL | 35 | 31 | 66 |
| TOTALS-all abnormalities | 72 | 36 | 108 |