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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

Hendon 1951

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]

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Table: "Statistics giving corresponding figures for previous four years for comparison,,

"Statistics giving corresponding figures for previous four years for comparison,,

1. General.
1947.1948.1949.1950.1951.
New patients referred to clinic4,1104,2574,3324,1566,107
Total attendances at clinic14,04417,03520,66526,29730,046
Attendances for special treatments6,1269,19110,61411,71112,214
Total number X-rayed in Clinic X-Ray Depot––10,01116,71714,552
Number of home visits by physicians9387281358294
2.—Chest Clinic Tuberculosis Register.
1947.1948.1949.1950.1951.
New Respiratory Tuberculosis Cases249214225172178
New Non-Respiratory Cases2226192124
Total New Tuberculosis Cases271240244193202
Cases on Register on 31st December (adjusted for cases transferred in, transferred out, recovered, lost sight of, or died)1,5311,5611,6691,7501,753
Deaths from Tuberculosis7949563140
Removed from Register as recovered2848266266
3. Number of tuberculosis patients awaiting admission to hospital on 31st December––10311591

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Edgware Chest Clinic serves primarily those living in the
Borough of 1 Hendon and the Stanmore, Queensbury and Kingsbury
districts of Harrow and Wembley—a population probably
in excess of 220,000. The Middlesex County Council, as
local Health Authority, provides the staff of the Welfare
Department of the clinic and Tuberculosis Health Visitors.
In this way, the clinical work of the hospital service staff is
augmented so as to provide facilities for the full practise of
social medicine.
The work of the chest clinic has tended to increase considerably
over the last few years as is shown in the statistical
details given above. There has been a tendency for
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