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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
Edmonton 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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MASS RADIOGRAPHY SURVEY EDMONTON 1961-1962
| PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS | MALE | FEMALE | TOTAL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Requiring immediate treatment | 9 | 3 | 12 | ||
| Requiring close clinic supervision | 1 | – | 1 | ||
| Requiring occasional clinic supervision | 33 | 8 | 41 | ||
| (6) | (1) | ||||
| Presumed healed, no further action required (Previously known cases shown in brackets) | 18 | 13 | 31 | ||
| (4) | (4) | ||||
| GROUPS IN WHICH PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS WAS DISCOVERED | MALE | FEMALE | TOTAL | ||
| Requiring immediate treatment - | General Public | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Organised Groups | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Hospital Patient | 1 | – | 1 | ||
| Requiring close clinic supervision - Organised Groups | 1 | – | 1 | ||
| Requiring occasional clinic supervision | General Public | 9 | 6 | 15 | |
| Organised Groups | 23 | 2 | 25 | ||
| Hospital Patient | 1 | – | 1 | ||
| Presumed healed, no further action required | General Public Organised Groups | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
| 11 | 6 | 17 | |||
| BRONCHIAL CARCINOMA | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||
| AMONG OTHER ABNORMALITIES DISCOVERED WERE - | |||||
| MALE | FEMALE | TOTAL | |||
| Congenital abnormalities of heart and vessels | – | 1 | 1 | ||
| Acquired abnormalities of heart and vessels | 13 | 8 | 21 | ||
| Enlargement of heart - type unknown | – | 1 | 1 | ||
| Sarcoidosis | – | 1 | 1 | ||
| Mediastinal cyst | 1 | - | 1 | ||
| Retrosternal thyroid | – | 1 | 1 | ||
| Pneumoconiosis | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Pneumonia | 5 | – | 5 | ||
| Emphysema | 7 | – | 7 | ||
| Pulmonary fibrosis - Non tuberculous | 9 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Pleural thickening or calcification | 6 | 7 | 13 | ||
| Abnormalities of the diaphragm | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Congenital malformations of the lung | 3 | – | 3 | ||
| Congenital abnormalities of bony thorax and soft tissues | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Acquired abnormalities of bony thorax and soft tissues | 1 | – | 1 | ||
| Did not attend for further investigation at clinic | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||