[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Uxbridge UDC 1948].

  • Uxbridge (London, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
[1949]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Uxbridge UDC 1948]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The clinic has now been discontinued and treatment reverted to private practitioners, with the facilities at the Council’s Disin¬ fector Station available if required. MASS RADIOGRAPHY. In May, 1948, the Middlesex County Council Mass X-Ray Unit paid a second visit to Uxbridge, the first visit being made in September, 1946. On the second occasion Messrs. Norman Reeves (Motors) Ltd. kindly placed their High Street Showroom at the disposal of the Unit, and this central venue proved most satisfactory. For purposes of comparison the attendance figures for 1946 and 1948 are given below :— Factory School General Personnel Leavers Public Total 1946 Bell Punch Works ... 1,981 — 359 2,340 1948 Norman Reeves Showroom 2,449 430 1,037 3,916 189 cases were recalled for full-sized X-Ray photographs and medical examination by the Medical Officer in charge of the Unit. The following table shows the ultimate diagnosis and disposal of these cases :— No further action : Clear ... ... ... ... 69 Some abnormality ... 67 — 136 Tuberculosis : For further observation ... 23 For treatment . 8 — 31 Other than tuberculosis : ? Cancer ... ... ... 2 For observation ...• ... 3 Conditions already known to patient ... ... ... 14 — 19 Failed to attend Clinic : 3 Of the total number of persons examined *79 per cent, were found to be suffering from tuberculosis, compared with *98 per cent, in 1946.