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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
Woolwich 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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| MEN | WOMEN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number x-rayed | No. of cases requiring close supervision or treatment. | Number x-rayed | No. of cases requiring close supervision or treatment. | |
| Regular site at Beresford Square | 3,094 | 1,242 | ||
| Firms and factories | 4,893 | 6 | 1,615 | 1 |
| Hospitals,colleges, etc. | 464 | — | 1 | |
| Eltham Public survey | 1,919 | 1 | ||
| TOTALS: | 9,751 | 4 | ||
The total number of examinations during 1961, namely 15,619,
included approximately 2,500 repeat examinations of men over 45
x-rayed in connection with the six-monthly service for the early
detection of lung cancer. The adjusted incidence of tuberculosis
is therefore as follows:
MEN (7,251 individuals examined
and 18 cases found)
2.5 per thousand.
WOMEN (5,868 individuals examined
and 4 cases found)
0.7 per thousand.
TOTAL: (13,119 Individuals examined
and 22 cases found)
1.7 per thousand.
Of the total of 22 cases of tuberculosis requiring close
supervision or treatment, 13 were found among those who had not been
x-rayed within the last five years; and of the 12 cases discovered
at the Beresford Square sessions as many as nine had again not been
examined within the last five years.
These findings clearly demonstrate the fact that those whose
previous x-ray was taken more them five years ago, and those who have
never been examined, must somehow be persuaded to attend at Mass X-ray
Units.
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