MASS SURVEY FOR T.B.
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A'EW l'LYMOUTii, Jun. 27. A niass survey of tlie business ama oi: New Plyuumth for tuberculosis wiil bo lnado iu about lliree woeks' timo by llio Taranaki niobile X-ray unit. Tho unit will cxaininc volunleers only of 13 years of ago or over, and it is lioped that Ihe survey will bo at llio ratc of 300 exuniinalions a day. Tho selionio will bo oporatcd by tho niobile unit in eonjunction willt tiro Tuboreulosis Associal u/q '(Taranaki tirancli). Tho sur\ey bo mado as .21 proliniinary to' a "scdioiuo that uiay oveulually includo t lio" wl'tolo rosidontial area of tlie towii. C'ooporation with tho Tuboreulosis Assooialion lias niadd llie survev po.ssiblo, for tho stall' oi' tlio niobile unil is insulHeiont iu ilself to eopo with tho amount of preparatory work required. The radiologist at tlie New Plymoutli llospilal, Dr. E. P. Allon, said that tho
\ 171 ]>roeodurc in survey was tui extcnsion of tho sohomo tliat luul boon oporating *iu England for some years. Tho survey would 1)0 mado entirely witliin working j hours, so that the cooperatiou of eniI ployors would bo desirable.
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Chronicle (Levin), 28 January 1947, Page 7
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