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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, Consultant Chest Physician at the Waltham
stow Chest Clinic, has contributed the following:—
"The figures of main interest are set out below. They refer, of
course, to the combined attendances of Walthamstow and Chingford
patients.
Total Attendances 16,587
„ New Cases 6,409
„ X-rays 14,156
„ Screening 576
Miniature Camera 4,997
New Notifications 60
(Walthamstow only)
"The overall figure of attendances at the Clinic is much the
same as 1957. It is interesting, however, that while cases of tuberculosis
decline the total of new cases referred is up by more than five
hundred. Of these practically five thousand were dealt with in the
first instance by miniature X-ray, about seven hundred of them
contacts. The number recalled for full investigation was 582. The
reduction in the amount of X-ray screening reflects the continuing
fall in the number of cases under treatment by collapse measures.
"The number of cases of tuberculosis notified during the year
is the smallest on record, and gives a rate of 52.6 per 100,000
population. Lung cancer was diagnosed in fifty cases, a rate of 44
per 100,000 and a slight increase on 1957."
Walthamstow and Chingford Association of Tuberculosis
Care Helpers.
Miss V. Jennings, Honorary Secretary of the Walthamstow and
Chingford Association of Tuberculosis Care Helpers, contributes the
following report:—