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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
Harrow 1973
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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Mass X-Ray
Throughout the year, mass X-ray units were available at the following
places and locations
Mobile Unit—The Car Park, Grant Road,
Wealdstone
Static Unit—Central Middlesex Hospital,
Park Royal, N.W.10
2nd & 4th
Thursday of
each month.
MondayFridays
Saturdays
10 a.m.12
noon
9 a.m.5
p.m.
9 a.m.12
noon
The Tuberculosis Register
The tuberculosis register is a valuable statistical weapon in the
control of this infection. In this disease, the morbidity and infectious state
can extend over considerable periods of time and accurate information is
essential. Inter-authority co-operation ensures, firstly, that incoming
infected residents can be speedily informed of local treatment facilities and,
secondly, that the register is an accurate summary of the local situation.
In this way, information is provided as to the age and sex distribution
of those residents who have become infected whilst living in Harrow or
who have moved into the district already suffering from the disease.
The table below is a summary of the changes which took place in the register during 1973:-
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| No. on register January 1st, 1973 | 799 | 749 | 103 | 174 |
| No. of new cases added | 29 | 22 | 6 | 17 |
| No. of cases other than Primary Cases | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| No. of cases restored to register | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| No. of cases removed. | 54 | 49 | 6 | 4 |
| Left District | 19 | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| Deaths | 10 | 4 | — | — |
| Recovered | 23 | 26 | 3 | 3 |
| De-notified | 1 | — | — | — |
| Lost Sight of . . | 1 | 5 | 1 | — |
| No. on registere December 31st, 1973.. | 778 | 729 | 105 | 191 |