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Poplar 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Mass Radiography.
During the year a Mass Radiography Survey was carried out in the borough by
the Mass Radiography Unit 6B of the North East Metropolitan Regional Hospital
Board. The Unit was established at Poplar Baths from 5th to 26th March and
St. Clement's Hospital from 27th March to 16th April. Information relating to the
Survey, a summary of which is given below, has been furnished by Dr. A. J.Lawless,
0. B.E., Medical Director of the Unit.
A total of 7,516 persons (4,113 males and 3,403 females), was examined and the results were as follows:-
| Poplar Baths | St. Clement's Hospital | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | TOTAL | Males | Females | TOTAL | |
| No. of attendances for Miniature X-ray | 2,010 | 1,360 | 3,370 | 2,103 | 2,043 | 4,146 |
| No. recalled for Large Film examination | 126 | 96 | 222 | 92 | 60 | 152 |
| Active tuberculosis | 9 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| Rate per 1,000 examined | 4.48 | 3.68 | 4.15 | 4.75 | 2.0 | 2.89 |
| Inactive tuberculosis | - | - | 61 | - | - | 81 |
| Rate per 1,000 examined | - | - | 18.1 | - | - | 19.54 |
| Cancer of lung | - | - | 3 | - | - | 5 |
| Miscellaneous | - | - | 130 | - | - | 119 |