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Hendon 1952

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]

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I am indebted to Dr. H. J. Trenchard, Physician-in-Charge of
the Edgware Chest Clinic for the following report on the work of
the clinic during the year:—

Table: " Statistics giving Corresponding Figures for Previous Four Years for Comparison.

" Statistics giving Corresponding Figures for Previous Four Years for Comparison.

1948.1949.1950.1951.1952.
New patients referred to clinic4,2574,3324,1566,1077,133
Total attendances17,03520,66526,29730,04630,183
Attendances for refill treatment9,19110,61411,71112,21411,443
Total number X-rayed at Clinic—10,01116,71714,55218,388
Number of home visits by physicians87281358294300
2.—Chest Clinic Tuberculosis Register.
1948.1949.1950.1951.1952.
New Respiratory Tuberculosis Cases214225173178184
New Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis Cases2619212428
Total New Tuberculosis Cases240244193202212
Cases on Register on 31st December1,5611,6691,7501,7331,761
Deaths from Tuberculosis4956314047
Removed from Register as recovered4826626672
Number of Tuberculous patients awaiting hospital admission on 31st December-1031159195

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Edgware Chest Clinic serves an area comprising the Borough of
Hendon, and the Stanmore, Queensbury and Kingsbury districts of
Harrow and Wembley. The Middlesex County Council as local
health authority provides the staff of the welfare Department of the
Clinic and the Tuberculosis Health Visitors. In this way the work
of the Medical staff is augmented so as to provide a team for the
full practice of social medicine.
Although Tuberculosis is perhaps a less serious problem than it
was immediately at the end of the war, there is no ground for complacency,
and the Clinic statistics do not indicate any local decline in
Tuberculosis during the last three years, and the deaths have actually
increased slightly, possibly associated with the severe winter weather.
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