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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
Sutton 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton]
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TUBERCULOSIS AND OTHER CHEST DISEASES
The chest physicians at St.Helier Hospital Chest Clinic, to
whom I am indebted for the following information, hold
joint Local Health Authority/Hospital appointments to which I refer in my
introduction.
The clinic serves a major part of the Borough and part of
‘new’ Surrey. Some Sutton patients attend at Cumberland Hospital Chest
Clinic, Mitcham.
Attendances of Tuberculous and Non-Tuberculous Patients during period 1st April - 31st December, 1965.
| New Patients | 584 | 3,035 |
| Old Patients | 2,451 | |
| Chest Clinic Sessions | ||
| Number held during period | 158 | |
| Average total number of patients (T.B. and non-T.B. per doctor per session) | 19 | |
| X-ray Examinations | ||
| Number of examinations during period | 2,596 | |
| B.C.G. Vaccinations | ||
| Contacts vaccinated | 71 | |
| Others vaccinated | 34 | |
| Method of Diagnosis of new Cases of Tuberculosis | ||
| Referred by General Practitioner | 13 | |
| Mass X-ray | 5 | |
| General Practitioner referral X-ray | 5 | |
| Contacts | 1 | |
| Others | - |