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 Hendon]
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I am indebted to Dr. J. R. Mikhail, Medical Director of Mass X-ray Unit 5B for the following Statistics relating to Surveys carried out in the Hendon Area by the Unit during 1956 at Open Public Sessions and in organised Factory Groups.
Years since last X-ray. | AGE GROUP | |||||||
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14-19 | 20-24 | 25-34 | 35-44 | 45-54 | 55-64 | 65 plus | TOTAL | |
No previous X-ray. | 177 | 150 | 264 | 259 | 171 | 106 | 60 | 1,187 |
Under1 year | 14 | 28 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 90 |
l | 29 | 82 | 112 | 48 | 41 | 10 | 6 | 328 |
2 | 108 | 185 | 600 | 612 | 550 | 244 | 49 | 2,348 |
3 | 17 | 69 | 89 | 71 | 97 | 53 | 21 | 417 |
4 | 3 | 24 | 49 | 30 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 147 |
5 | 0 | 21 | 24 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 91 |
6 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 22 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 79 |
7 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 27 |
8 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 86 |
Total | 352 | 573 | 1,216 | 1,109 | 950 | 454 | 146 | 4,800 |
No previous X-ray. | 124 | 136 | 246 | 270 | 196 | 115 | 45 | 1,132 |
Under 1 yr. | 4 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 54 |
1 | 10 | 32 | 43 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 126 |
2 | 16 | 57 | 84 | 62 | 68 | 21 | 1 | 309 |
3 | 7 | 14 | 29 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 99 |
4 | 3 | 20 | 25 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 80 |
5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 34 |
6 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 39 |
7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
8 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 50 |
Total | 171 | 283 | 481 | 443 | 340 | 169 | 51 | 1,938 |
No previous X-ray | 301 | 286 | 510 | 529 | 367 | 221 | 105 | 2,319 |
Under 1 yr. | 18 | 40 | 34 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 144 |
l | 39 | 114 | 155 | 72 | 53 | 14 | 7 | 454 |
2 | 124 | 242 | 684 | 674 | 618 | 265 | 50 | 2,657 |
3 | 24 | 83 | 118 | 90 | 117 | 63 | 21 | 516 |
4 | 6 | 44 | 74 | 46 | 46 | 8 | 3 | 227 |
5 | 2 | 21 | 38 | 34 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 125 |
6 | 6 | 16 | 33 | 32 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 118 |
7 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 42 |
8 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 42 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 136 |
Total | 523 | 856 | 1,697 | 1,552 | 1,290 | 623 | 197 | 6,738 |
Out of the total number X-rayed, 6 acute cases, 4 males and 2 females were
discovered, and 6 cases, 5 males and 1 female, were referred for occasional supervision
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