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X-ray Examinations.
As in previous years by arrangement between
the Borough Council and the Brompton Hospital
all such cases are referred to the latter institution,
one hundred and sixty-nine being the total for the
year under review.
These patients are screened, radiographed and
a detailed report sent on each case to the Tuberculosis
Officer by the radiologists, Dr. Stanley
Melville and Dr. Rawlinson, together with the
negative.
The latter is examined and the report noted on
the case sheet, a further report being sent from
the Dispensary to the private practitioner: and
the film is numbered and filed for future use.
The cost to the Borough is 15/- per radiograph
taken.
It will be readily appreciated that X-ray
examinations are of the greatest value both in
diagnosis and as a means of determining progress
of disease, especially when it appears that the
patient's condition and physical signs seem to be
at variance. However, to be of any use whatever
the negative must be good and the interpretation
correct: and the Tuberculosis Officer feels that
the Borough work carried out by the Brompton
Hospital radiological staff in these important
particulars is to be most highly commended.
Home Visits.
The total number of home visits made by the
Dispensary Staff during 1933 amounted to 4,345,
of which 409 were made by the Tuberculosis
Officer either for consultations with doctors and
hospital medical officers, or for supervision and
home inspections in the area.