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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

Tower Hamlets 1965

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]

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Table: TABLE 10 MASS RADIOGRAPHYI am indebted to the Medical Directors and Organising Secretaries of the Units for the following information on visits to the Borough by the Units during 1965:-

TABLE 10 MASS RADIOGRAPHY

I am indebted to the Medical Directors and Organising Secretaries of the Units for the following information on visits to the Borough by the Units during 1965:-

No. of Factories, sites, etc. visited36
Persons X-rayed - Males10,159
- Females4, 532
Total14, 691
Abnormalities discovered Tuberculosis requiring immediate treatment11
„ „ clinic supervision30
Cancer of lung5
Other84
Active tuberculosis cases discovered per 1, 000 examined2.8

Table: TABLE 11 TUBERCULIN TEST AND B.C.G. VACCINATION

TABLE 11 TUBERCULIN TEST AND B.C.G. VACCINATION

ContactsSchoolchildren and StudentsTotal
No. of Skin Tests32514251750
No. found positive13274206
No. found negative19313511544
No. vaccinated18813511539