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 Wimbledon]
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MASS RADIOGRAPHY
The South West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board provides this
service for the whole of Wimbledon and from time to time one of their
units visits the Borough and carries out surveys of groups of workers
and residents in the area. The last survey was carried out during
December. In addition to these concentrated surveys the Mobile Chest
Radiography Unit visits Wimbledon and Raynes Park each week throughout
the year. This Service which was set up in 1958 primarily for the use
of general practitioners' patients, is now available to all members of
the public, as follows
WIMBLEDON - Car Park, Grove Hotel (opposite South Wimbledon Tube Station)
Mondays 7.30 - 8.30 p.m.
RAYNES PARK - Raynes Park Station, Grand Drive Entrance
Thursdays 7.30 - 8.30 p.m.
I am indebted to the Medical Director of the Mass Radiography Service
for the following particulars of Persons examined and abnormalities found
in the Wimbledon area. As these facilities are available to all, the
figures do not necessarily relate to Wimbledon residents only.
GENERAL PRACTITIONER CHEST X-RAY SERVICE
Site | Number x-rayed | Significant Pulmonary Tuberculosis | Primary Lung Cancer | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | |
Sth .Wimbledon | 464 | 363 | 827 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | - | 6 |
Raynes Park | 363 | 335 | 698 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | - | 6 |
NORMAL MASS RADIOGRAPHY SERVICE
Site | Number x-rayed | Significant Pulmonary Tuberculosis | Primary Lung Cancer | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | |
Wimbledon | 3527 | 2503 | 6030 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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