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Mass X-Ray.
No full-scale mass X-ray survey was undertaken in the area
during 1963.
Chislehurst and Sidcup Voluntary Tuberculosis Care Committee.
I am indebted to the Liaison Officer of the above Committee
for the following information:—
During the year the Committee continued to assist families
with fuel, hire purchase debts, fares to visit patients, clothing,
footwear, etc., and for many families, holidays were also
arranged. The closest liaison is maintained with all statutory
bodies, and the W.V.S. are more than helpful. The office at the
United Services Club, 108, Main Road, Sidcup, is open every
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.,
and regular home visits are also paid to many patients and their
families.
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever.
Discovering the source from which any notified case may have
been infected is more than half the battle in combating the spread
of infection of typhoic! fever. A child was found to be affected
with the disease in the early part of 1963. Investigation revealed
that the mother suffered from an undiagnosed intestinal complaint
whilst living in the Far East several years before. Pathological
specimens proved the lady to be unwittingly a "carrier" of the
disease. The child made a complete recovery and did not become
a "carrier".
Whooping Cough.
After a very low incidence of this disease in 1962, cases
notified returned to the more normal level of 66 for the current
year. Twenty of these cases occurred in February and after a
clear period from April to June, cases were again reported,
reaching a total of 18 in November.