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there was one seaman and one clerk. Nine of these men had served in the
armed forces. There were eight bachelors among them, four whose
marriages had broken down and one who was a widower. The average
age of these men was 49 years. At the end of 1956, no less than eleven
out of the thirteen were considered to still have active, uncontrolled
infective pulmonary tuberculosis.
Newly-Diagnosed Cases
The average age of these cases was rather higher, namely 551\2 years, and
only half of these have so far been proved to be infective cases. Nine of
the cases were diagnosed as a result of being sent to the clinic by their
private doctor, six were found by the Mass X-ray and the remaining three
attended the clinic or local hospital on their own initiative and were
diagnosed.

The length of residence of these cases in Carrington House before
diagnosis is also of interest. Eight had resided there for less than six
months. Seven had lived there for over a year and four of these were
over-five-year residents. The figures of the remaining three are doubttul.
Incidentally, sixteen were manual workers (labourers) and there were
two pedlars, one being a tarpaulin repairer and the other a scissors
grinder. Three of these men had originally come to London from the
North of England during the time of the General Strike in 1926. When
first seen, seven of them had been out of work for six months, four over
twelve months (one for 10 years), four were old age pensioners and three
were actually at work."
Mass Miniature Radiography
The Director of the Mass Miniature Radiography Unit has supplied
me with figures on the results of the visits to this Unit to All Saints'
Church Hall, Monson Road from 9th August to 27th August, and at
Goldsmith's College, Lewisham Way, from 4th December to 6th December
1956.