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These figures compare with 2 living in unsatisfactory housing
conditions and 3 overcrowded in 195l. Of these 5 cases, 1 has since
been rehoused within the Borough, and 1 has removed to another
district.
There were 7 outstanding cases of tuberculosis from the 1950
notifications living in insanitary or overcrowded conditions. 2 of
these have left the district, one is now dead and the other four are
still living in unsatisfactory housing conditions.
MASS X-RAY
An the beginning of the year, facilities were given for the
Mobile Mass X-Ray Unit of the North West Metropolitan Regional
Hospital Board to spend six weeks in the Borough. For the first
five weeks, use of the Town Hall was granted free of charge and the
other week was divided between the Brentford Gas Works and the Park
Baptist Church Hall, Brentford, at which place factory employees
from Brentford were X-rayed.
In the Town Hall, members of the general public were seen
individually and organised parties were given group appointments.
Preliminary propaganda by means of Press and poster publicity
and house to house delivery of leaflets brought a very good response
and a great deal of help was given by the voluntary associations of
the Borough both with leaflet distribution and word of mouth
publicity.
9,472 persons were X-rayed, made up as follows:-
Chiswick Town Hall:-
Organised groups 4509
General public 3147
7656
Brentford Gas Works 273
Park Baptist Church Hall 1543
9472
The number of active cases discovered was 35, giving a rate
per thousand of 3.7. This was reported to be considerably higher
than that for any former general surveys of this kind which usually
produced between 2 and 2.5 active cases per thousand. Out of the
35 active cases discovered, 18 were residents of this Borough.
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