§ 58. Major LEIGHTONasked the Minister of Health whether, with a view to combating tuberculosis, his Department has adopted the radioscopic treatment to diagnose the disease?
§ Sir K. WOODThe examination of the chest both by radioscopy and radiography forms part of the procedure advocated by my Department in connection with the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis under the schemes for which local authorities are responsible.
§ 59. Major LEIGHTONasked the Minister of Health whether his Department has considered the metalix-portable X-ray apparatus for early diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis, as used in the medical examination of factory workers and recruits in Holland?
§ Sir K. WOODI can assure my hon. Friend that improvements in X-ray apparatus, including the portable varieties, are constantly under review by my medical advisers.
§ Major LEIGHTONHas my right hon. Friend's Department considered the method adopted in Holland for the diagnosis of tuberculosis?
§ Sir K. WOODI will look into the matter, and will communicate with my hon. and gallant Friend.