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Notification of Tuberculosis
Respiratory forms of death - Six out of eight cases were notified.
Other forms of death - One out of two cases was notified,
MASS RADIOGRAPHY
A Mass Radiography Unit visited the Borough from 8th to 15th
January 1958 and was stationed at the Co-operative Hall, Longfellow
Road, Worcester Park. One thousand, six hundred and sixty persons
were examined,, The results were as follows;-
Total Examined No. of cases No. of cases Non-
of active of inactive Tuberculous
Pulmonary Pulmonary abnormalities
Tuberculosis Tuberculosis
M. F. T. M. F. M. F. M. F.
741 919 1660 2 1 18 23 47 37
The incidence of Pulmonary Tuberculosis was 1.8 per thousand
persons examined, compared with 1.0 per thousand in the area
served by this X-Ray unit, which includes the County of Surrey.
The findings are an index of infection in a sample of the
population. They show the value of Mass Radiography in securing
diagnosis and treatment.
The finding of non-tuberculous abnormalities gives an
opportunity for advice and treatment and the prevention of disablement.
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