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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

Hornchurch 1960

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]

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Mass Radiography Unit.
This survey was arranged through Dr. Lawless, the Medical Director
of Mass Radiography Unit No. 6b of the North East Metropolitan
Regional Hospital Board.

Table: Five factory visits, 3 schools and 8 general public sessions were carried out and a note of the attendance at the latter is given below: —

Five factory visits, 3 schools and 8 general public sessions were carried out and a note of the attendance at the latter is given below: —

MaleFemaleTotal
Harold Wood Hospital101178279
Plough Inn, Cranham155213368
Golden Crane, Cranham151298449
Rainham Working Men's Club168160328
Cherry Tree, South Hornchurch157244401
Gaumont Cinema, Upminster355503858
Odeon Cinema, Hornchurch Elm Park Hotel. Elm Park513 438675 7481,188 1,186

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A total of 9,478 persons attended comprising 4,684 males and 4,794
females. The figures for 1958 were 8,518, for 1956—8,831 and for
1954—5,687. It will thus be seen that the final figure of 9,478 examinations
for this visit shows an increase of 960 compared with the 1958
visit.
The clinical evaluation of the visit is not yet to hand.