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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
Ealing 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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The Mass X-Ray unit visited the Borough on four occasions
for the purpose of examining contacts. At the request of the
management they also made a protective factory survey at the
Glaxo Laboratories, Greenford. A total of 938 persons at this
factory were examined, of whom 7 required further investigation.
This does not necessarily indicate tuberculosis.
The static Mass X-Ray unit established at Central Middlesex
Hospital continues its valuable work. Expectant mothers attending
the ante-natal clinics in the Borough have a routine X-ray of chest
done here, and other groups who are at special risk or who come
into close contact with children are also examined.
The following table shows the age and sex of the cases notified and the deaths in 1953.
| Age Periods | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulm'y | Pulmonary | Non-Pulm'y | |||||
| Male | F'male | Male | F'male | Male | F'male | Male | F'male | |
| — | ||||||||
The number of new cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis notified
was 205 compared with 211 in the previous year, while the number
of cases of Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis was 20 compared with 29
in the previous year. There was a total of 29 deaths, (28 Pulmonary,
1 Non-Pulmonary) compared with 37 Pulmonary, 3 Non-Pulmonary
in the previous year.