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The total number of cases x-rayed was 1,110.
The Chest Physician made, during the course of the year, 125
routine domiciliary visits, 49 special visits at the request of private
doctors, etc. and 21 visits to patients in hospitals and sanatoria.
The London County Council Health Visitor - seconded to the Chest
Clinic - made 997 visits to homes in the borough during the year
Each case was visited with the view to tracing the source of infectioa
and advising on the prevention of the disease spreading In a number
of cases, disinfection was carried out by the Finsbury Borough Council.
Mass Radiography Unit 60
(Information kindly provided by Dr W D. R. Thompson, Medical Director.
The Mass Radiography Unit 6D commenced operations in May 1950
with the examination of the employees of Messrs. Blades, East &
Blades - a Finsbury firm.
Originally the zone of the Unit covered the City of London and
the Metropolitan Boroughs of Bethnal Green, Finsbury, Hackney, Poplar,
Shoreditch, Stepney and Stoke Newington, but it was found that owing
to the intensive day population the area was too large to be covered
adequately, so several of the Boroughs were transferred to other Units.
The present zone of the Unit consists of the City of London and the
Metropolitan Boroughs of Finsbury and Shoreditch.
Up to the end of 1955 the Unit has examined 171,109 males and
124,358 females.
During 1955 the Unit examined 37,776 males and 24,003 females,
making atotal of 61,779, which shows a slight increase on the previous
year's figures. All volunteers received the result of their x-ray
within a week of their examination. Seventy-five cases of active
tuberculosis were discovered and nine hundred and twenty-three cases
with tuberculous lesions.
The Unit operated at the Mass Radiography Centre, 20. Golden Lane,
London, E.C.1. from the 1st January to the 31st August, and from the
21st November to the 31st December. During the intervening period of
approximately two and a half months, the Unit visited several firms
and organisations and carried out a special Survey at the Shoreditch
Public Library, 236, Kingsland Road, London, E.2. by kind permission
of the Public Libraries Committee of the Shoreditch Borough Council
When the Unit visits a firm or organisation the x-ray apparatus has to
be installed on the premises, so that endeavours are made to make any