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Switzerland.
During 1953 four more patients from the Croydon area were
sent to Switzerland under the scheme for the treatment of certain
cases of respiratory tuberculosis in Swiss sanatoria.
X-Ray Service.
It is now necessary under the Ministry of Education scheme
for all newly appointed school teachers to have an X-ray
examination of the chest on their appointment and thereafter
annually. In this connection 346 examinations were carried out
in 1953 of staff coming into contact with children, such as
teachers, the staff of nursery schools, residential schools and
homes.
The work of the Chest Clinic has shown an overall increase
when compared with previous years. As diagnostic facilities
improve it is likely that the work will increase still further,
particularly in the field of case finding.
MASS RADIOGRAPHY.
I am also indebted to the Medical Director of the Surrey Area
of the South-West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board Mass
Radiography Unit for the following particulars of persons
examined and of abnormalities found:—
No. of
Persons
examined.
Active
Pulmonary
Tuberculosis.
Inactive
Pulmonary
Tuberculosis.
NonTuberculous
Conditions.
Croydon district
16,477
35
577
501