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X-Ray Work.
Dispensary eases requiring further investigation are
referred to the X-ray department of the London County
Council Hospital at Du Cane Road, W.12.
Films of the chest and other regions are taken, and
delivered to the Dispensary to be filed as permanent
records of the respective cases.
The Tuberculosis Officer makes his own reports on these
skiagrams.
This new scheme has proved a great saving in time
to both the dispensary staff and the patient, whilst the
interval between attendance and active treatment is greatly
reduced.
It is anticipated that in the near future the Dispensary
will be equipped with its own X-ray plant, and that it will
be operated by the Tuberculosis Officer.
This will not only facilitate the easier and more rapid
aid to diagnosis, but will also bring the dispensary service
into the category of a modern unit.
The total number of X-rays and reports made by the
Tuberculosis Officer for the year was 141.
Artificial Pneumothorax Treatment.
All Borough cases in need of the continuation of this
treatment are dealt with at a special refill clinic at the Dispensary
on Wednesday afternoons. Workers unable to
attend the afternoon session are dealt with at the evening
clinic on Tuesdays at 7 p.m.
Close co-operation exists between the London County
Council sanatoria and the dispensary, and full details of
previous refills are sent by the medical superintendents
to the dispensary.
The number of cases in the Borough now receiving this
form of treatment is 17.
The total number of refills performed by the Tuberculosis
Officer in the dispensary for the year 1934 was 228.