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MASS RADIOGRAPHY.
A Unit attended for public sessions at the Congregational
Church Hall. Widmore Road, from 29th June to 28th July. 1953.
when 5.577 people were radiographed. Of this total, 24 were
probably significant new cases of tuberculosis for investigation,
which is equivalent to a rate of 4.3 per 1,000 X-rayed. This is a
reduced rate when compared with the previous survey in July. 1951.
when 6.970 persons attended and 46 were discovered to be probably
significant new cases of pulmonary tuberculosis for further investigation
; a rate of 6.6 per 1,000 X-rayed.
This is a pleasing result and corresponds with similar reductions
in other areas.
FOOD POISONING.
Three cases of Food Poisoning were notified during the year.
These were all isolated cases and it was not possible to identify
the agent responsible.
OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
In addition to the infectious diseases enumerated above,
notifications were received as under:—
Dysentery 10
Erysipelas 5
Pneumonia (all forms) 41
The Dysentery cases were all Sonnes dysentery and represent
only a small number of those which occurred in this and other
Local Authorities' areas.