Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Regional Hospital Board unit | Metropolitan boroughs visited during 1953 | Total number X-rayed during year (a) | Diagnostic classification | ||||||||
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Active | Inactive | ||||||||||
Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | Rate per 1,000 | Males | Females | Total | ||
Hammersmith, Kensington | 44,574 | 33,293 | 77,867 | 79 | 59 | 138 | 1.77 | 195 | 102 | 297 | |
5B | Paddington, St. Pancras, Holborn, St. Marylebone | 32,627 | 31,823 | 64,450 | 62 | 44 | 106 | 1.64 | 106 | 92 | 198 |
5D | Static—Islington . | 13,205 | 18,093 | 31,298 | 107 | 85 | 192 | 6.13 | * | * | * |
Stoke Newington, Poplar, Hackney, Bethnal Green | 13,377 | 14,663 | 28,040 | 40 | 27 | 67 | 2.39 | 354 | 307 | 661 | |
6D | City, Finsbury | 33,913 | 26,312 | 60,225 | 55 | 37 | 92 | 1.53 | 1,591 | 542 | 2,133 |
Woolwich, Camberwell, Bermondsey, Southwark | 28,250 | 22,280 | 50,530 | 91 | 59 | 150 | 2.97 | 23 | 12 | 35 | |
7D | Camberwell, Lewisham, Woolwich, Deptford, Southwark | 11,249 | 7,630 | 18,879 | 32 | 30 | 62 | 3.28 | 39 | 32 | 71 |
7E | Co-operates with 7A and 7D in covering S.E. area—Commenced in July, 1953 ...... | 6,442 | 8,817 | 15,259 | 23 | 20 | 43 | 2.82 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
S.W.8C | Westminster, Battersea, Wandsworth, Fulham, Chelsea | 22,332 | 20,604 | 42,936 | 57 | 35 | 92 | 2.14 | 993 | 649 | 1,642 |
8D | Fulham, Westminster Static May-Dec., serving all S.W. London. | 11,757 | 16,713 | 28,470 | 159 | 104 | 263 | 9.24 | 790 | 789 | 1,579 |
Total | London Administrative County | 217,726 | 200,228 | 417,954 | 705 | 500 | 1,205 | 2.88 | * | * | * |
Tavistock Square | Civil Service | 11,605 | 8,799 | 20,404 | 61 | 40 | 101 | 4.95 | 221 | 101 | 323 |
(a) These are not all Londoners but persons attending units operating in County area. * Figures not available.