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AMBULANCE FACILITIES
(Section 27)
The Ambulance Service is administered centrally from
Chelmsford via the Control Centre at Ilford, and (as far as information
is available), it appears to be adequate for the needs of the
Borough.
The Local Service has continued from the Ambulance Depot,
which is situated at the Borough Council's Fulbourne Road Depot.
PREVENTION OF ILLNESS — CARE AND AFTER-CARE
(Section 28)
TUBERCULOSIS
Dr. H. Ramsay, Physician Consultant at the Walthamstow
Chest Clinic, has contributed the following:—
"There have been no important changes in the work of the
Chest Clinic during the year. The Odelca camera has continued
to be very useful in making it possible for a large number of
cases to be referred by General Practitioners for chest films. The
usefulness of this scheme can be judged by the fact that over the
last two years about one quarter of all notifications of respiratory
tuberculosis in the district have come through the miniature
radiography scheme.
"The following figures give an estimate of the work as a
whole:-
Total attendances 16,693
Total new case attendances 8,895
Total X-ray examinations 13,049
Miniature Camera 4,340
"The actual number of cases notified during 1955 is higher
than in 1954. The overall incidence of the disease throughout
the country has, of course, fallen in recent years, but there will
certainly still be variations from year to year. It is a warning
that the problem of tuberculosis should not yet be regarded as of
minor importance."
Tuberculosis Case Conferences.—These Conferences started in
June, 1953, at approximately monthly intervals and 6 were held
during 1955. The conferences afforded opportunities for the staff
of the Chest Clinic and of the Health Department to meet and
discuss new notifications, hospital admissions and discharges, the
contacts register, non-notifications and medical priority in
re-housing.