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I am indebted to Dr. H. J. Trenchard, Physician-in-Charge of the Edgware Chest
Clinic, which serves an area comprising the Borough of Hendon and the Stanmore,
Queensbury and Kingsbury districts of Harrow and Wembley, for the following report
on the work of the Clinic during the year:-
"The attendances at Edgware Chest Clinic have remained at the high level reached
in 1951 and maintained in subsequent years. During 1954 it has been possible to
bring into use a third consulting room, and this has helped the appointments system
to work more smoothly, and has considerably reduced waiting time for patients at the
Clinic.
There has been little change in the incidence of new cases of tuberculosis in
the area served, and deaths show some decrease. The most important change has been
the diminished waiting period for admission to hospital and the smaller waiting list
one seventh of the figure for 1950. This improved position has been of considerable
help and encouragement to the staff. It is to a great extent due to a diminution in
the number of tuberculous patients requiring treatment in the hospital region as a
whole, resulting in a decreased general demand for chest hospital beds.
A great deal of general chest consultation work is undertaken, amongst which
the problem of diagnosis and treatment of cancer of the lung is reaching important
proportions. Close liaison is maintained with Thoracic Surgical Units at St. Charles,
Harefield and Clare Hall Hospitals to which patients with chest conditions amenable
to treatment by surgical means are referred."