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number of notified cases of tuberculosis on the Clinic register from
approximately 1.500 to the present figure of approximately 1.000. This
has been due to the fact that many patients have now reached the stage
where they can be regarded as having recovered from their tuberculous
disease. In consequence, there has also been a reduction in the number
of contacts of cases of tuberculosis who have been followed up on the
Clinic's miniature x-ray unit.
In contrast there has been an increase in the number of patients
referred to the Clinic by their general practitioners with non-tuberculous
chest conditions, so that the work of the Clinic has, in fact, increased.
This has also been added to by the number of patients referred by the
mass radiography service which has been operating in the area.
As a consequence, there has been a widening of the scope of the
services of the Romford Chest Clinic to include the more general aspects
of chest medicine and associated cardiac conditions, and an electrocardiograph
and apparatus for resperatory function tests have been installed
in the Clinic."
Mass Radiography Unit
The bi-yearly survey arranged by Dr. D. J. Lawless, O.B.E., the
Medical Director of Mass Radiography Unit 6B, took place during the
year.
7 factory visits, 3 schools, 2 old people's homes and 11 public sessions
were carried out the number of attendances being as follows:—
Numbers x-rayed
Centre Males Females Total
Lacrinoid Products 120 84 204
Deyongs, Southend Arterial Road ... 123 199 322
Gallows Corner Industrial Estate ... 154 171 325
Roneo Works 611 500 1,111
Murex Works 1,180 272 1,452
Victor Engineering Works 285 30 315
Abbs Cross Technical School 240 166 406
"Stears Lodge," Harold Wood 20 25 45
"Ravenscourt," Station Lane 7 25 32
Hornchurch Grammar School 209 124 333
Rainham Recreation Ground 150 226 376
Mungo Park Road 150 276 426
South End Road Clinic 57 172 229
Bates Industrial Estate, Harold Wood 235 204 439
Harold Wood Social Centre 160 223 383
Station Road, Harold Wood 136 165 301
Spencers Arms, Ardleigh Green 207 338 545
Plough Inn, Cranham 295 354 649
Avon Road, Cranham 70 275 345
Corbets Tey Road 475 772 1,247
Crown Inn, Roneo Corner 140 155 295
Bull Inn, High Street 628 1,078 1,706
Elm Park Hotel (Car Park) 465 636 1,101