HC Deb 29 June 1959 vol 608 c7W
Mr. Hastings

asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the valuable research work carried out by the Pneumoconiosis Research Unit at Llandough in connection with the detection and elimination of tuberculosis and its successful application to the Rhondda Fach district, he will apply the same method in other mining areas.

Mr. R. Thompson

The successive chest X-ray surveys of the Rhondda Fach have been made in the course of a research project designed to evaluate the effect on a community of preventive measures. It is not proposed to repeat the project elsewhere.

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