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THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF TUBERCULOSIS
I am indebted to Dr. R.H.J. Fanthorpe, Chest Physician, for
the following section of the Report.
Measures for the prevention and treatment of Tuberculosis
are directed from the Chest Clinic and the results during 1958
may be regarded as satisfactory.
The number of deaths from all forms of Tuberculosis during
1958 was 20 which shows a decrease of 13 when compared with 1957
and the incidence of the disease during the year has continued
to fall.
The General Practitioner Miniature X-ray Service continues
to function in a satisfactory way and is well used hy the Local
Practitioners.
The results of this service are summarised below:-
Number of miniature films taken 3,926
Number of patients recalled for examination
and large film 719
Number of active cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
23
Number of cases of lung cancer found 23
It will be seen that the number of patients found suffering
from Pulmonary Tuberculosis represents a rate of 5.86 per 1,000
which compares favourably with the figure of 1.45 per 1,000 from
Public Mass x-ray Surveys. It should be realised that patients
referred to the clinic for Miniature X-ray usually have chest
Synptoms whereas many patients attending public Mass Radiography
sessions have no symptoms.
Whilst this section of the report is concerned with Tuberculosis
it should be realised that all chest conditions are seen
and treated at the Chest Clinic and in the Chest Wards in Mayday
Ho^iital. The incidence and mortality of Tuberculosis continues
to decline in a satisfactory way but the problem of Chronic
Bronchitis and Lung Cancer becomes greater in each successive
year.