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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 1968

[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. visited71926
Persons X-rayed-Males2,3085,1847,492
- Females4612,9953,456
Total2,7698,17910,948
No. referred for further investigation3499133
Toynbee Hall - persons x-rayed4,368-4,368
- referred for further investigation180-180
Abnormalities discovered in 1967 Surveys:
Total persons x-rayed2,946Not available
Tuberculosis requiring immediate treatment9
„ „ clinic supervision2
Cancer of lung2
Other30
Active tuberculosis cases discovered per 1,000 examined3.0

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

TABLE 15

TUBERCULIN TEST AND B.C.G. VACCINATION

ContactsSchoolchildren and StudentsTotal
No. of skin tests2761,8622,138
No. found positive75186261
No. found negative2011,6811,882
No. vaccinated1971,6811,878

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