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Tower Hamlets 1966

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

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Table: TABLE 13 MASS RADIOGRAPHYChest X-ray by mass miniature radiography is carried out in the borough by two mobile units of the North-East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board. Unit PA, whose headquarters are at the Connaught Hospital, Walthamstow, covers mainly the Stepney area of the borough whilst Unit PB, sited at First Avenue, Plaistow, is responsible for the Bethnal Green and Poplar areas. I am indebted to the medical directors and organising secretaries for the following information on visits to the borough by the units during 1966. (Details of abnormalities ascertained are not yet available in respect of this year's survey and those figures given relate to 1965):-

TABLE 13 MASS RADIOGRAPHY

Chest X-ray by mass miniature radiography is carried out in the borough by two mobile units of the North-East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board. Unit PA, whose headquarters are at the Connaught Hospital, Walthamstow, covers mainly the Stepney area of the borough whilst Unit PB, sited at First Avenue, Plaistow, is responsible for the Bethnal Green and Poplar areas. I am indebted to the medical directors and organising secretaries for the following information on visits to the borough by the units during 1966. (Details of abnormalities ascertained are not yet available in respect of this year's survey and those figures given relate to 1965):-

Unit 6AUnit 6B
No. of factories, sites, etc. visited 1721
Persons X-rayed - Males 4,2316,825
Females 1,6173,857
Total: 5,84810,682
Abnormalities discovered in 1965 Survey:
Total persons X-rayed14,691
Tuberculosis requiring immediate treatment11
" " Clinic supervision30
Cancer of lung5
Other84+ (Unit 6B figure not available)
Active tuberculosis cases discovered per 1,000 examined2.79

Table: TABLE 14TUBERCULIN TEST AND BC.G. VACCINATION

TABLE 14

TUBERCULIN TEST AND BC.G. VACCINATION

ContactsSchoolchildren and StudentsTotal
No. of skin tests2502, 0602,310
No. found positive81141222
No. found negative1691,9192,088
No. vaccinated1861,9192,105