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VISIT OF THE MASS X-RAY SERVICE
The Mass X-Ray Service of the South West Metropolitan Area made a
successful visit to the Borough from 20th October to 15th December, 1953.
They operated from two centres, one in Wandsworth Bridge Road and the
other in West Kensington.
The success of this visit was largely due to the publicity given to
it and here once again the co-operation from the doctors, dentists and
chemists in the Borough was a very great help.
The results of the visit were as follows:-
A total of 7,469 people were examined - 3,287 men
and 4,182 women.
35 men and 22 women had radiologically significant lesions.
8 men and 8 women were to be followed up by the Mass X-Ray
Service.
5 men had chest lesions, probably not tuberculous, of
sufficient seriousness to merit investigation at a
chest hospital.
A further 386 films showed abnormalities of no clinical
significance and these people received the usual
'satisfactory' notification,
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.
The following bacteriological examinations were carried out for the
Council on specimens submitted by general practitioners and the Public
Health Department during the year at the West London Hospitals:-
Nose and Throat Swabs 70
Faeces 602
Miscellaneous 5
MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS
The medical examination of both new entrants to the staff and
persons referred for special examination or superannuation purposes
were carried out during the year, 106 persons in all being examined.