Tuberculosis Case Finding with Mobile Photo-Roentgenographic Unit in Sumner County, Tennessee

SINCE 1929 tuberculosis case finding clinics have been held regularly by the Sumner County Health Department. From 1929 to July, 1939, this service was furnished through the Division of Tuberculosis Control of the Tennessee Department of Public Health and con- sisted of clinics held once or twice a month in Gallatin for the examination of known cases, contacts to such cases, and individuals referred by private physicians because of symptoms. Any resi- dent of Sumner County was eligible for examination upon referral by his family physician. With the assistance of the Commonwealth Fund, a special Tuber- culosis Control Program was inaugurated in July, 1939, which was aimed particularly at the treatment of tuber- culosis in the absence of adequate hos- pital facilities. Sufficient personnel and equipment were supplied to carry on an intensified case finding program with the treatment program. In this program four x-ray clinics a month were held in Gallatin, the county seat, and one each in Portland and Westmoreland, the two other largest community centers in the county

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