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The occupations of cases of tuberculosis notified during the
year have been classified under 11 headings and are shown in Table
XIII below with the comparable figures for the year 1950.

There is a slight drop in the number of new notifications of
tuberculosis. The actual figure is 103 compared with last year's
total of 108 and combined with a fall in the number of tuberculosis
deaths from 34 in 1950 to 25 in 1951, gives reason for modest hopes
that the danger from tuberculosis in the Borough is at last
declining. There is, however, no ground for complacency as it can
be seen that there are on the register 949 known cases of
tuberculosis i.e. one in every 63 of the Borough's population.
MASS X-RAY
An offer from the North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital
Board to bring the Mass X-ray Unit into Brentford and Chiswick for
a five week period in the beginning of 1952 was welcomed and
accepted by the Borough Council. At a meeting held on the 29th
October, 1951, with the Mayor and the Chairman of the Public Health
Committee present, the requirements of the Unit were outlined by the
Mass X-ray Unit Liaison Officer and representatives of all the local
organisations in the Borough were invited to assist in publicising
the facilities to be offered to the people of the Borough. The
Council agreed to give the use of the Town Hall, and to make a grant
towards the expenses of preliminary publicity.
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