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MASS RADIOGRAPHY.
The Central Mass X-ray Centre at the Western Hospital, S.W.6.,
together with the South West and North West London Mass X-ray Services,
continued to provide chest X-ray facilities for the borough during the
year.
Mobile units made thirty-three visits to large establishments
within the borough and, in addition, men in the over-45 years of age
group were invited to use a six-monthly service which provides a
regular chest X-ray in an effort to detect cases of lung cancer. In
this connection, a mobile unit made two visits to Manresa Road.
In the year under review, a total of 102,220 people were
examined by the X-ray units. 156 cases of active pulmonary
tuberculosis were referred to chest clinics for treatment. In
addition, 110 cases were detected requiring occasional out-patient
supervision. 135 malignant neoplasms were discovered, of which 121
were primary carcinomas, and a further 835 cases were dealt with
under the heading of "non-tuberculous conditions", which were
referred for further investigation and necessary treatment.
(Kensington and Chelsea residents are included in these figures, but
separate details for individual boroughs are not available).