[Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health, Luton County Borough.

  • Luton (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1958
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Credit: [Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health, Luton County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    21 Arrangements were also made to include school children who had attained the age of 14 years and a total of 2,197 attended. Altogether 35,057 Luton residents were X-rayed, an increase of 6,834 over the 1955 figure of 28,223. Five thousand, seven hundred and eleven housewives attended as compared with 2,538 in 1955. The following table shows by age and sex the total number X-rayed:— Estimated Population No. X-rayed % of Population Age Group M. F. ALL M. F. ALL M. F. ALL 15-24 years 6,510 7,470 13,980 4,348 4,454 8,802 66-8 59-6 62-9 25-34 „ 8,650 7,770 16,420 4,785 2,706 7,491 55-4 34-8 45-6 35-44 „ 10,780 9,990 20,770 4,509 3,027 7,536 41-8 30-3 35-9 45-54 „ 9,055 9,295 18,350 4,286 2,614 6,900 47-3 28-1 37-6 55+ „ 9,255 12,410 21,665 2,592 1,736 4,328 26-2 13*9 19-9 All 44,250 46,935 91,185 20,520 14,537 35,057 46-3 30-9 38-4 The table on the following page shows the distribution by occupation of those who were X-rayed. Two hundred and twenty-two persons resident in Luton were referred by the Mass Radiography Unit to the Chest Clinic for further examination. By the end of the year, 27 of this number had been notified as suffering from active pulmonary tuberculosis. This figure represents *07 per cent of the total number who attended for mass radiography as compared with *09 per cent in 1955 and -24 per cent in 1952. Analysis of cases as at 31st December 1958 No Perse . of Lu )ns Ref< ton irred Pei Num •centage ber X-i of 'ayed Not Tube ified Ac rculous :tive Cases M. F. ALL M. F. ALL M. F. ALL 15-24 years 22 18 40 0-51 0-40 0-45 2 3 5 25-34 „ 21 10 31 0-44 0-37 0-41 5 2 7 35-44 „ 33 20 53 0-81 0-66 0-70 7 3 10 45-54 „ 27 14 41 0-63 0-53 0-59 1 3 4 55 and over 38 19 57 1-47 1-09 1-32 1 — 1