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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 1967

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

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Table: TABLE 14MASS RADIOGRAPHY

TABLE 14

MASS RADIOGRAPHY

Unit 6AUnit 6BTotal
No. of factories, sites, etc. visited61723
Persons X- rayed - Males1,2376,1367,373
- Females2272,1302,357
No. referred for further investigation4288130
Toynbee Hall (from 3rd October, 1967) - persons x-rayed1,482-1,482
- referred for further investigation48-48
Abnormalities discovered in 1966 Surveys:
Total persons x-rayed5, 91010,682
Tuberculosis requiring immediate treatment52
" " clinic supervision21
Cancer of lung17
Other72144
Active tuberculosis cases discovered per 1, 000 examined1.180.28

Table: TABLE 15TUBERCULIN TEST AND B.C.G.VACCINATION

TABLE 15

TUBERCULIN TEST AND B.C.G.VACCINATION

ContactsSchoolchildren and StudentsTotal
No. of skin tests2452,2332,478
Nd. found positive67154221
No. found negative1781, 8222,000
No. vaccinated1751, 8221, 997

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