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Only three of the tuberculous patients were referred to the clinic by their general practitioners.
Seven were discovered by the South West London Mass X-ray Unit and another 22 were notified
by various other hospitals and mass X-ray units.
The regular visits to Bruce House to offer chest X-rays to the men who live there have continued
and this year we have started regular visits to the lodging houses in Great Peter Street. These visits
have been made monthly and although in the last year about 80 men had abnormalities on their
chest-X-rays and were asked to attend the clinic only about 48 per cent. of them actually did so.
The clinic is planning a research project to study the effects of atmospheric conditions and air
pollution on the condition of patients with bronchitis and asthma living in Westminster; this work
will be undertaken with the co-operation of the Westminster City Council's atmospheric pollution
monitoring stations.
Statistics relating to notifications of tuberculosis in Westminister, and deaths, during 1968,
are set out in Table 4, page 81, whilst further statistics dealing with care and after-care of tuberculous
patients, and work undertaken at the three Chest Clinics, are set out in Table 59, page 113.