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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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STATISTICS
| GENERAL | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | |
| New patients referred to Clinic | 8,459 | 9,439 | 10,909 | 10,769 | 40,728 |
| Total attendances at consultative sessions | 21,318 | 22,802 | 24,290 | 23,573 | 22,971 |
| Total attendances for refills | 9,523 | 8,652 | 7,454 | 6,299 | 4,212 |
| Number of persons X-rayed | 17,096 | 16,544 | 17,173 | 17,709 | 17,902 |
| Sessions held | 861 | 1,192 | 1,198 | 1,211 | 1,218 |
| Number of home visits by physicians | 415 | 286 | 411 | 431 | 424 |
| TUBERCULOSIS REGISTER | |||||
| New respiratory cases | 180 | 147 | 149 | 152 | 143 |
| New non-respiratory cases | 26 | 24 | 27 | 17 | 21 |
| Total new tuberculous cases | 206 | 171 | 176 | 169 | 164 |
| Tuberculous cases on register at 31st December | 1,767 | 1,788 | 1,733 | 1,600 | 1,508 |
| Removed from register as | |||||
| (a) Dead | 32 | 24 | 44 | 25 | 29 |
| (b) Recovered | 89 | 57 | 68 | 155 | 85 |
| ANTENATAL PATIENTS | |||||
| Antenatal patients X-rayed | 1,489 | 1,482 | 1,040 | 1,140 | 1,180 |
| Number found to have active tuberculosis | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| LUNG CARCINOMA REGISTER | |||||
| New cases diagnosed | 33 | 41 | 50 | 55 | 72 |
| Cases known to have died | 19 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 57 |
MASS X-RAY
During the year the Mass X-Ray Unit 5B under the direction of Dr. J.R, Mikhail, Medical
Director of the Unit, visited the Borough.
Sessions were held in Brent Street, Hendon Central, Temple Fortune and Golders Green for
the public and the staff of various small firms and shops, and a total of 4,060 people were X-rayed.
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