New X-Ray Apparatus Is Installed Here 'To combat tuberculosis in Shang-hal, Dr, Ting Wal-kong, Director of Hungjao Sanitorium, "under the auspices of Mayor Wu Te-chen and Dr, Li Ting-an, Commissioner of Public' Health of Greater Shang hal, Dr. Y. L, Ma of the "Shun Pao" and other jocal health authorities, has inaugurated a unique plan of' administering X-Ray examination to people by large groups, According to the plan, groups of persons not exceeding eighty in number can be examined at a time. The fee is nominal, only $1, paid when first {aking cut a registration card at the offices of the "Shun Pao," 309 Hankow Road.
At a pleasant tea party on Sunday afternoon at the Park Hotel, Dr. Ting outlined his plan which, said, would save the Shanghai public millions by curing this serious malady in time.
Dr, Li Ting-an spoke on the im= portance of the new endeavour Initiated by Dr, Ting, in view of the extraordinarily high death-rate this country due to tuberculosis. 'Mayor Wu promised the best possible assistance on his part in this eonnecton. He voiced a hope that poss-fly' the various bureaux of the City Government, especially those Public Health and Education, might fake an initiative step by having' their staff-members walk in front of the newly Installed X-Ray apparatus which recently arrived from Germany and has been fitted up at Branch Sanitorium, Road, Dr, Ting returned to Shanghai a few months after his extensive observation trip in Europe jin connection with anti-tuberculosis measures. A number of meetings have recently been held in the Anti Tuberculosis Association of China and Dr. Ting's plan for group examination was unanimously endorsed as a further step forward in the fight against the disease in China.
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