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Wimbledon 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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MASS RADIOGRAPHY.
The Mass Radiography Unit of the South West Metropolitan
Regional Hospital Board visited Wimbledon during the year, being
stationed at the A.T.C. Centre, Merton Road, South Wimbledon, from
6th to 22nd October.
This X-ray Unit offered facilities for free x-ray of the chest of all
persons over the age of 15 years. The examination is of value in the
early diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis and other nontuberculous
diseases and abnormalities.

Table: I am indebted to the Medical Director of the Mass Radiography Service for the following details of the findings of the survey.

I am indebted to the Medical Director of the Mass Radiography Service for the following details of the findings of the survey.

Number of persons examined:
Males1,631
Females1,507
3,138
A bnormalities discovered:
(i) Pulmonary tuberculosis requiring treatment or close clinic supervision:
Males2
Females2
4
(ii) Pulmonary tuberculosis requiring occasional clinic supervision :
Males4
Females2
6
(iii) Primary lung cancer:
Males2
Females-
2

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As the facilities were available to all, whether they resided in the
Borough or not, the figures do not necessarily relate to Wimbledon
residents only.
A mobile Chest Radiography Unit also visits Wimbledon and
Raynes Park each week. This service, which was set up in December
1958, primarily for the use of general practitioners' patients, is now
available to all members of the public, as follows:—
Wimbledon - Car Park, Grove Hotel (opposite South Wimbledon
Tube Station) Mondays 7.30 - 8.30 p.m.
Raynes Park - Raynes Park Station, Grand Drive Entrance
Thursdays, 7.30 - 8.30 p.m.
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