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,252 County Residents ■*
Get Chest X-Rays On Thursday and Friday of last week 252 residents of Rappahannock County received, free chest x-rays sponsored by the » Health Department and Tuberculosis Association, Of these 19 re- ( ceived a chest x-rayf for 5 die first time. ' | '■ •
Each day during the x-ray survey, the oldest person receiving $ their first chest x-ray was awarded $5.00 Those receiving the award were Charles D. Sisk, 87, of . Sperryvillc and Ellis Willis 65, _ of Huntly, Va. This award is given, in lieu of mailing negative reports, to induce older persons to get their chest x-rayed yearly. Of the 332 persons who died of TB ain Virginia last year, almost half ; of them did not know they had ‘ TB. it was first known by their families when it appeared on the , death certificate- The TB Association feels it can help save lives if : people over 40 will get periodic chesi^x-rays throughout the rest of . their li\es. j*. Business concerns receiving 100 per cent stickers were: Sperryvillc Comer Store, Lee Highway Hotel and M- R- Bradford’s Store. Volunteer hostesses included Mrs. Lee • Thornton, Miss Louise Scbwarte, Mrs. Walter L Saunders and . Mrs. Gladys Lewis. ; - ^
Last year 426 persons in Rappahannock received free chest X...
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