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scheme of house allocation is to be effected, but there can be no valid
criticism that the local Council does anything but evidence their sympathy
with deserving sufferers.

Pulmonary—
The 85 notifications represent the lowes^ annual total since 1940
and a reduction of one third on last year. This is a remarkable and
welcome drop. Included in the figure is a total of some '26 inward
transfers, i.e. persons suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis who within
the year have come to reside in our district.
Since our Council's rc-housing is done within our own borders the
preferential consideration of tuberculous cases docs not have the effect
of increasing the tuberculosis problem locally.
Building by private licence may of coursc influence the position
slightly.
Non-Pulmonary—
For the first time since prior to 1939 notifications dropped to single
figure dimensions—the incidence this year of 6 being one-half of that
for 1951 (13). There seems little doubt but that the present national
campaign to secure safe milk supplies is showing increasing fruit. The
percentage of raw milk sold in this area is now probably only of the
order of 2%.
Mass Radiography.
The results of the autumn visit of the Unit in the previous year
came to hand and show that 6.644 miniature photographs -including
2,948 at public sessions-were taken. Public sessions are by no means
easy to arrange because of the difficulty of providing suitable accommodation
but they were in fact held at Harold Wood, Billet Lane and the
Rainham Combined Treatment Centre. In the securing of the suitable
premises wc were assisted by the County Council.
As a result of the investigation some 45 inactive primary lesions
were found and some 90 inactive post-primary lesions, together with
1 active post-primary lesion and a variety of non-tuberculous conditions
The results are considered very satisfactory both from the angle
of public response and low incidence of active disease which the survey
brought to light.