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17.
MASS MINIATURE RADIOGRAPHY.
I am indebted to the Director of Mass Radiography Unit 6D for a copy of
his report for i960, from which the following is abstracted
"During i960 the Unit examined 37,948 males and 26,408 females, making
a total of 64,356 which was somewhat lower than the average for the past few
years. The proportion of women to men was slightly above the yearly average.
Up to the end of i960 the Unit has examined 369,357 males and 256,107 females
making a grand total of 625,464 since it commenced operations in May 1950.
Sixty-three cases with a significant tuberculosis lesion have been
discovered which gives a rate of .98 per 1,000 examinees. Twenty cases of
carcinoma of the lung (18 men and 2 women) were discovered during the year
which is an increase of about 43^ on the previous year's results.
The zone of the Unit has remained unaltered, viz., the City of London and
the Metropolitan 3oroughs of Finsbury and Shoreditch.
Doctor1s referrals. General practitioners in our zone have continued to use
the Unit's services, and such cases have produced an incidence rate of 23.08
per 1,000 examined.
Medical Procedure. Abnoimal cases (after an interview with the Medical
Director) are referred through the examinee's own doctor to the appropriate
Chest Clinic. All clinics have recorded their sputum findings, and twenty
cases with a positive sputum have been recorded of which 14 were male and 6
were female. A number of cases - outside the purview of a Chest Clinic
have been referred to St.Bartholomew's Hospital and I gratefully acknowledge
the ready co-operation offered by Dr.N.C.Oswald and his colleagues.
Conclusion. Friendly relationships continue between Dr.J.Greenwood Wilson,
Medical Officer of Health for the City of London, the Medical Officers of
Health for the Boroughs of Finsbury and Shoreditch, and the Divisional Medical
Officers in Divisions 3, 4 and 5« Our gratitude for services rendered by the
Central Group Hospital Management Committee and the Regional Hospital Board is
also acknowledged."