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Hillingdon 1969

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hillingdon]

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63
General Services
HOUSING ALLOCATION—MEDICAL GROUNDS
The total number of housing applications referred by the Director of Housing to the Medical
Officer of Health because of medical factors continues to increase. From the table below it will be
seen that there was an increase of 97, to the record total of 637 applications during 1969. This increased
total is largely accounted for by the increase in the number of tenants already rehoused by the Council
who wish to transfer to other accommodation, and put forward medical evidence in support of their
request. These requests for transfer of accommodation formed 41 % of all the cases referred to the
Medical Officer of Health during 1969.

Table: The following table shows the trend over the past five years:—

The following table shows the trend over the past five years:—

New applicationsTransfersTotal Received
ReferredCase SupportedReferredCase Supported
1965118316034178
196639811511940517
19672998417663475
196835711517686533
1969376150261101637

Table: MASS RADIOGRAPHYThe Mass X-Ray Unit visited the Borough during the year and was located at a number of different sites in the following areas:—

MASS RADIOGRAPHY

The Mass X-Ray Unit visited the Borough during the year and was located at a number of different sites in the following areas:—

HayesRuislip/Northwood
Attendance:
General Public3,6523,834
Industrial4,2701,349
Totals7,9225,183
Cases found:
Pulmonary Tuberculosis:
Active cases2—
Observation cases12
Lung cancer2—

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In both areas the general public figures show an increase compared with the previous visit in
1965, but the industrial figures are less, due to the fact that the X-ray Unit paid individual visits to
the larger firms during 1968.
Arrangements were made for persons who had taken up residence in any of the Council's Old
People's Homes since the visit of the Unit last year to attend on this occasion.
Separate visits by the unit were made to the Adult Training Centres at Moorcroft and Uxbridge.