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 Enfield]
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The following table shows the incidence of Tuberculosis and death-rates from this disease in the various Wards in the Borough during the year.
Ward. | Estimated Population. | No. of Cases. | T.B. Case-rate. | T.B. Death-rate. | |||
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Respiratory | Other Forms | Respiratory | Other Forms | Respiratory | Other Forms | ||
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The following tables give the final reports on the Mass Radiography investigation carried out in the Borough during 1955 by the North East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board's Mass Radiography Unit.
Male | Female | Total | |
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9,425 | 4,587 | 14,012 | |
1,411 | 2,190 | 3,601 | |
951 | 707 | 1,658 | |
Total miniatures taken | 11,787 | 7,484 | 19,271 |
Total recalled for large film | 338 | 116 | 454 |
Cases notified as result of Mass X-ray | 10 | 5 | 15 |
Cases regarded as inactive (including 3 under close clinic supervision) | 83 | 25 | 108 |
Cases previously known to be tuberculous prior to this examination | 5 | — | 5 |
98 | 30 | 128 |