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wide distribution of handbills, cinema slides, the local newspaper,
and by personal visiting. The attendance was very satisfactory,
and the following is a summary of the results :—

Number recalled for large film
X-ray 58 41 69
*Abnormalities discovered 97 67 164
(* Diagnosed from both miniature and large films.)
Of the 164 persons showing abnormalities, five only (three men
and two women) were discovered to be suffering from active
pulmonary tuberculosis. The other conditions detected were
mainly old cases of tuberculosis now recovered, some other less
serious chronic chest conditions, and a few congenital abnormalities
of the chest.
DIPHTHERIA AND WHOOPING COUGH IMMUNISATION.
These are services which have been transferred to the County
Council. With the consent of the County Council, figures for the
whole year have been included, and reference to Tables 11 and 12
shows that there was no diminution in the number of parents
availing themselves of the facilities. During the year the
use of a combined diphtheria-whooping cough prophylactic was
introduced, thus enabling protection against both diseases to be
given in one series of injections. Schick-testing three months
after the initial series of injections as a check upon immunity, and
at two-yearly intervals subsequently, was abandoned, and, instead,
a scheme for giving a boosting dose just prior to admission to
nursery or primary school, five years afterwards and at schoolleaving
age, was introduced. In addition, arrangements are now
in force for private doctors within the National Health Service
to give the necessary injections wherever parents so prefer it, the
material for the injections being obtained (hrough the local Health
Department. In practice, it would appear that the great bulk of
the children continue to receive the injections through the Health
Centres.