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London County Council 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Pulmonary tuberculosis mass X-ray units,1953

Regional Hospital Board unitMetropolitan boroughs visited during 1953Total number X-rayed during year (a)Diagnostic classification
ActiveInactive
MalesFemalesTotalMalesFemalesTotalRate per 1,000MalesFemalesTotal
N. W. 5 AHammersmith, Kensington44,57433,29377,86779591381.77195102297
5BPaddington, St. Pancras, Holborn, St. Marylebone32,62731,82364,45062441061.6410692198
5DStatic—Islington .13,20518,09331,298107851926.13***
N.E. 6BStoke Newington, Poplar, Hackney, Bethnal Green13,37714,66328,0404027672.39354307661
6DCity, Finsbury33,91326,31260,2255537921.531,5915422,133
S.E. 7 AWoolwich, Camberwell, Bermondsey, Southwark28,25022,28050,53091591502.97231235
7DCamberwell, Lewisham, Woolwich, Deptford, Southwark11,2497,63018,8793230623.28393271
7ECo-operates with 7A and 7D in covering S.E. area—Commenced in July, 1953 ......6,4428,81715,2592320432.82538
S.W.8CWestminster, Battersea, Wandsworth, Fulham, Chelsea22,33220,60442,9365735922.149936491,642
8DFulham, Westminster Static May-Dec., serving all S.W. London.11,75716,71328,4701591042639.247907891,579
TotalLondon Administrative County217,726200,228417,9547055001,2052.88***
Tavistock SquareCivil Service11,6058,79920,40461401014.95221101323

(a) These are not all Londoners but persons attending units operating in County area. * Figures not available.