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MASS X-RAY SURVEYS
Dr. G. Z. Brett, the Physician-in-Charge, has kindly supplied
the following details:—
Number of people X-rayed in Paddington:—
Men 3,706
Women 1,788
Total 5,494
Number of cases of
(a) active tuberculosis—
Men Nil
Women 3
(b) tuberculosis requiring observation—
Men 1
Women 2
(c) cancer of the lung found—
Men 1
Women Nil
Not all of these cases were Paddington residents, although they
were found during 1960 in surveys carried out in the Borough.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO ORGANISATIONS.—Among the
Organisations to which the Council make grants the following
are closely associated with the work of the Public Health Department:—
Grant
Organisation £ s. d.
Family Welfare Association 100 0 0
Paddington Old People's Welfare Committee 915 0 0
W.V.S. (for meals-on-wheels service) 405 0 0
Salvation Army (for meals-on-wheels service) 50 0 0
Kensington and Paddington Family Service Unit 200 0 0
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents 25 4 0
Central Council for Health Education 11 11 0
Noise Abatement Society 5 5 0
British Standards Institute 10 10 0
HOUSING
Housing Act, 1957—Overcrowding
(a) (1) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the
end of the year 167 (173)
(2) Number of families dwelling therein 176 (179)
(3) Number of persons dwelling therein 755 (780½)
(Units)
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding
ported during the year 50 (23)
(c) (1) Number of cases of overcrowding
lieved during the year 56 (60)
(2) Number of persons concerned in such
cases 250 (258½)
(Units)
(d) Particulars of any cases in which dwelling
houses have again become overcrowded
after the Local Authority have taken steps
for the abatement of overcrowding ., Nil Nil