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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
Marylebone 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE 27.—Tuberculosis : Summary of Register.
| Pulmonary | N on-Pulmonary | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | Total | Total | |
| (a) Number of cases of tuberculosis on the Register at the beginning of the year | 535 | 391 | 926 | 35 | 51 | 86 | 1,012 |
| (6) Number of cases notified to the Medical Officer of Health under the Regulations for the first time during the year | 34 | 24 | 58 | — | 1 | 1 | 59 |
| (c) Number of cases removed from the Register during a preceding year which have been restored to the Register during the year | 7 | 2 | 9 | — | — | — | 9 |
| 27 | 25 | 52 | — | 1 | 1 | 53 | |
| (e) Number of cases removed from the Register during the year | 50 | 28 | 78 | — | 2 | 2 | 80 |
| (f) Number of cases remaining on the Register at the end of the year | 553 | 414 | 967 | 35 | 51 | 86 | 1,053 |
TABLE 28.—Mass Radiography Statistics.
| No. X-rayed | Active P.T. Discovered | Rate per 1,000 | Referred to Chest Clinic for Observation | Lung Cancer Discovered | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organised Groups | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F | M. | F. |
| 8,165 | 9,999 | 19 | 18 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 25 | 7 | 5 | — | |
| General Public ... | 785 | 755 | 3 | — | 3.8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 8,950 | 10,754 | 22 | 18 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 25 | 7 | 5 | — |
TABLE 29.—Summary of Work of the Bacteriological Laboratory.
| Nature of Specimen and Examination | Positive | Negative | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Throat and nasal swabs for— | |||
| B. diphtheriae | — | 36 | 36 |
| Haemolytic streptococci | 7 | 24 | 31 |
| Vincent's organisms | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| Swabs for B. Coli | — | 4 | 4 |
| Sputum for- | |||
| Tubercle bacilli | 1 | 13 | 14 |
| Faeces for— | |||
| Parasites, typhoid, paratyphoid, dysentery and food poisoning organisms | 5 | 200 | 205 |
| Foods for— | |||
| Food poisoning organisms | 4 | 50 | 54 |
| Swabs for— | |||
| Food poisoning organisms | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Totals | 24 | 341 | 365 |