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I give below a brief summary of the findings of the survey:—
Total X-Rayed:
Men 1,060
Women 1,260
2,320
Pulmonary Tuberculosis :
Persons requiring treatment or close observation:
Men 2
Women 1
Person requiring occasional supervision only:
Men 1
Women 1
Primary Lung Cancer:
Men 4
Women 1
At the end of the year a new Mobile Chest Radiography service
for general practitioners was organized by the S.W. Metropolitan
Hospital Board. Under the scheme a Mobile X-Ray Unit visits this
area once weekly; it is based at the Municipal Offices. The unit can
examine 40/50 people an hour, and is primarily intended for the use
of general practitioners in referring their own patients. It is considered
very important to X-Ray all men over the age of 45 who have
not had a chest film during the past 12 months, and all young women
between the ages of 15 and 25, as these age groups show the highest
incidence of chest disease.
In addition to examining cases referred by their general practitioners,
the Mobile Unit has also agreed to X-Ray any member of the
Council Staff referred from this Department, and in this way it is
possible to arrange for every Council employee taking up work to
have a Chest X-Ray as part of the medical examination.
When this service was first introduced it was suggested by the
Mass Radiography Service that it would only be continued if the
response by the general practitioners was sufficient to justify its use.
It is gratifying to report that at the end of four months this area
showed the highest attendance in Surrey, so it is hoped that the service
may be continued, as it has proved a great boon to this district.
Influenza
During 1958 there was no epidemic of influenza. The epidemic
of the previous year had been in the autumn months, and there were
only a few isolated cases in the early part of the year. There were
three deaths in the year caused by Influenzal Pneumonia — all in
elderly people.