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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

Enfield 1969

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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Table: Radiography Unit 6A for the information made available in regard to the outcome of the further investigations from the 1968 and 1969 surveys, as follows:

Radiography Unit 6A for the information made available in regard to the outcome of the further investigations from the 1968 and 1969 surveys, as follows:

1968 Survey1969 Survey
Pulmonary TuberculosisMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotal
Requiring immediate treatment5-5112
Requiring close clinic supervision112___
Requiring occasional clinic supervision13(1*) 518(1*)4_4
Presumed healed, no further action required * Previously known471133*6
Other abnormalities discovered included: Primary carcinoma of lung4-41-1
Secondary carcinoma2-2----
Sarcoidosis1-11-1
Congenital abnormalities of heart and vascular system112---
Acquired abnormalities of heart and vascular system7411112
Bacterial and virus infection of lung235-11
Bronchiectasis112---
Pneumoconiosis1-1---
Pulmonary Fibrosis (non-tuberculous or industrial)---2-2
Spontaneous pneumothorax1-1---
Non-Malignant tumour-11---
Pleural effusion (non-tuberculous)2-2---
Abnormalities of the Diaphragm and Oesophagus325_11
Miscellaneous abnormalities21829415
Not yet classified---1-1
TOTAL46206610414
Did not attend for further investigation or repeat miniature film35841216