Anti-tuberculosis Stations

The segment from the 1942 Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) Issue No. 18 features the event Týden národního zdraví (A Week for National Health) organised by The Ministry of the Interior and The Health Institute of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia from 3 to 10 May 1942. The official goal of the event was to advocate for the importance of healthcare. The report covers the establishment of anti-tuberculosis stations in a number of places around the Protectorate. Footage of the measuring of body height and weight of patients. A showcase of how an X-ray station in Moravská Ostrava operates. Footage of doctors working with X-ray machines. A close-up of an X-ray image of the lungs. The segment includes footage of mobile X-ray cars set up for the treatment of child patients. Footage from a solarium intended for irradiating children with sunlamps.