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Board was in Edmonton during October and November. The unit's visit was
publicised on the Council's rate demands, by posters, and in the local press.
During the survey, Red Cross cadets distributed leaflets to a number of houses.
Between a sixth and a seventh of the adolescent and adult population
of the Borough were x-rayed in public sessions and in special sessions in and
near the factories. The actual figures were 11,623, men outnumbering women by
nearly 50%. Though the number of cases needing supervision or treatment was
only 27 (in this context I am referring to cases of pulmonary tuberculosis),
these citizens were undoubtedly helped by the visit of the Mass X-Ray Unit.
12, it will be seen, only required occasional clinic supervision, but if not
detected might in due course have required hospital treatment; 13 required
immediate treatment, but would undoubtedly have required a much longer period
of treatment if they had not been diagnosed at this stage.
(ANALYSIS OF SURVEY ON PAGE 35)
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