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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T able T.14—
Division | Occupation centre E.B.—elder boys E.G.—elder girls | Average roll at time of examination | Date of examination | No. X-rayed | No. of cases of T.B. discovered | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under 15 | Over 15 | |||||
1 | Hammersmith (E.B.) | 32 | 15.6.55 | 1 | 27 | 1 |
do. | Aug., 1955 | – | 2 | – | ||
North Kensington (E.G.) | 25 | 16. 6.55 | 3 | 21 | – | |
3 | Archway (E.B.) | 32 | 6. 9.55 | – | 26 | – |
Islington (E.G.) | 34 | 7. 9.55 | 4 | 21 | – | |
4 | Dalston (E.B.) | 48 | 23. 9.55 | 9 | 25 | – |
Hackney (E.G.) | 32 | 29. 6.55 | 3 | 24 | – | |
6 | Greenwich (E.G.) | 12 | 9.11.55 | – | 12 | – |
Brockley (E.G.) | 57 | 9.11.55 | 1 | 45 | – | |
7 | Peckham (E.B.) | 60 | 15.11.55 | 3 | 50 | – |
9 | Battersea (E.B.) | 32 | 8. 7.55 | 1 | 22 | – |
do. | 1. 9.55 | – | 4 | – | ||
Earlsfield (E.G.) | 42 | 15. 7.55 | – | 25 | – | |
Totals | 406 | 25 | 304 | 1 |
Annual X-ray examination of staff at occupation centres, 1955
No. of staff X-rayed on appointment 9
No. of existing staff X-rayed 76
Total 85 All satisfactory.
T able T.15—
1. | 415 | |
No. of 13-year-old children at school | 32,679 | |
No. of consents | 24,344 | |
No. Mantoux tested | 22,533 | |
No. of positive reactors | 3,149=13.9 per cent. | |
No. given B.C.G. | 19,375 | |
No. vaccinated June, 1954, to December, 1955 | 23,645 | |
2,808 | ||
No. of retests | 2,595 | |
No. found negative | 199=7.7 per cent. | |
No. re-vaccinated | 199 | |
2. | ||
No. of establishments visited in 1955 | 16 (includes 3 in-county establishments now covered by Divisional arrangements) | |
No. of children tested | 166 | |
No. of positive reactors | 36=21.7 per cent. | |
No. given B.C.G. | 132 (includes 2 without tests) | |
3. | ||
1953 | 70 | |
1954 | 82 | |
1955 (first full year after B.C.G.) | 45 | |
4. | 14,975 | |
No. of contacts given B.C.G. vaccination in London | 4,113 | |
No. of contacts given B.C.G. vaccination in London | ||
since inception of scheme in 1950 | 16,659 | |
5. | No figures available. | |
No. given B.C.G. in 1955 | 12 | |
No. given B.C.G. since inception of scheme | 25 |