London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Bexley 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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B. SCHOOL CHILDREN AND STUDENTS excluding those known to have
received BCG vaccination already.
i Skin tested 1,878
ii Found positive 231
iii Found negative 1,526
iv Vaccinated 1,526
The number of new notifications of pulmonary tuberculosis in 1971 has continued to follow
the national trend of general decrease in the number of. notifications but the decline is now
less marked.
The cases of non-pulmonary tuberculosis are also less common but a significant proportion
of these occurs in the elderly.
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