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The use of the Odelca camera, referred to in the report
for 1952, has continued It has resulted in considerable
financial economies in the X-Ray Department as most of
the routine work, including the X-ray of patients for
their general practitioners, is done making use of it
It is also employed for the routine X-ray examination of
members of the Hospital staff and for ante-natal patients
So far as tuberculosis is concerned, the overall
picture shows some improvement compared with previous
years There has been little increase in the size of the
clinic's register of tuberculous patients, and although
the problem of shortage of beds is not solved, the
position is easier than it used to be and the waiting
period before admission is shorter.
Certain members of the clinic staff are officers of
the Middlesex County Council, the authority responsible
for the preventive and care aspects of tuberculosis. They
work under the medical staff and assist in the sociomedical
aspects of the management of the disease. In
addition, a number of surveys of schools have been undertaken
on behalf of the local medical officers of health,
and some small surveys have also been made of fellow
employees of tuberculous patients When a survey is required
at a large unit (factory, workshop, etc ) the
matter has been referred to the Mass X-ray Units which
have the staff and facilities for this type of work
The Chest Clinic staff have assisted in the Medical
Research Council's investigation into the results of
certain methods of treatment of tuberculosis, and a
number of Postgraduate scholars have been attached for
various periods to obtain experience in chest diseases."
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