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PUBLIC HEALTH (PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS 1525.
These regulations prohibit a person suffering from tuberculosis, and. who
is in an infectious condition, from following any employment or occupation in
connection with a dairy which would involve the milking of cows, the treatment
of milk, or the handling of vessels used for containing milk. No formal action
was necessary during the year.
MASS MINIATURE RADIOGRAPHY.
I am indebted to Dr. Thompson, Medical Director of Unit 6D for the following
report :-
"Introduction During 1957 the Unit examined 40,097 males and 25,295 females,
making a total of ,65,392 which is a slight increase on the previous year's figures.
Eighty-four active cases of tuberculosis have been discovered, which is a
35% increase on last year's results, and gives a rate of 1.28 per 1,000
examined. Of these eighty-four cases it is interesting to note that seventynine
were discovered from firms which have been previously examined by the Unit
and only five from new firms, although the ratio of new to old firms was one to
seven. This would appear to indicate that it is not a wasted effort re-examining
firms after a suitable lapse of time.
The Unit functioned at the Mass Radiography Centre, 20, Golden Lane, E.C.I
from 1st January to 30th April and from 8th August to 31st December, during which
period there was a continuous flow of examinees from the City of London, the
Metropolitan Boroughs of Finsbury and Shoreditch, Health and Teaching Staffs of
the London County Council, Doctor's referrals and the General Public. All
volunteers attended as a result of prior appointments which has proved to be the
most acceptable method to all concerned.
During the mobile period the Unit visited several firms in the City who
could either themselves or in collaboration with other firms in the vicinity,
provide a sufficient number of "bodies" to render the Unit's visit economical.
The Unit also spent several weeks in Shoreditch, operating from the Haggerston
Library, 236, Kingsland Road, E.2, by kind permission of the Libraries Committee.
Firms were circulated by the Public Health Department of Shoreditch and staffs
attended the Unit in a series of appointments. Public Sessions were held but these
were not so well attended as the plenned sessions, notwithstanding the display
of posters, distribution of handbills and announcements in the local Press. We
would take this opportunity of recording our grateful appreciation to the Medical
Officer of Health for Shoreditch (Dr. B. Broadbent) and his staff for their
helpful co-operation.
Zone of Unit. The zone of Unit 6D covers the City of London and the Metropolitan
Boroughs of Finsbury and Shoreditch, with the administrative offices at the
Finsbury Health Centre, Pine Street, London, E.C.I. There is no dearth of
volunteers for examination and the Unit is continuously adding new firms to its
already extensive card index.