Where (if anywhere) were X-ray machines put on trains or trolleys to image “Everybody over 14 years old”?












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The background image in this X-ray analysis sotfware page shows what looks like a trolley or train car on tracks with a sign that says "X-ray Now: Everybody over 14 years old".



Where might this have been and when? Was this practice widespread worldwide at some time in the past? What was the advertised purpose, and if there was an underlying purpose different than that, what might it have been?



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    The first MRIs too I think. Modern versions now travel the countryside in trucks. These pieces of equipment were too expensive, and in need, to sit inside a building with low access from the population.

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The background image in this X-ray analysis sotfware page shows what looks like a trolley or train car on tracks with a sign that says "X-ray Now: Everybody over 14 years old".



Where might this have been and when? Was this practice widespread worldwide at some time in the past? What was the advertised purpose, and if there was an underlying purpose different than that, what might it have been?



Screen Shot of http://maud.radiographema.eu/moPTT/ click for full size view:



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    The first MRIs too I think. Modern versions now travel the countryside in trucks. These pieces of equipment were too expensive, and in need, to sit inside a building with low access from the population.

    – Mazura
    1 hour ago














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The background image in this X-ray analysis sotfware page shows what looks like a trolley or train car on tracks with a sign that says "X-ray Now: Everybody over 14 years old".



Where might this have been and when? Was this practice widespread worldwide at some time in the past? What was the advertised purpose, and if there was an underlying purpose different than that, what might it have been?



Screen Shot of http://maud.radiographema.eu/moPTT/ click for full size view:



maud.radiographema.eu/moPTT/










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The background image in this X-ray analysis sotfware page shows what looks like a trolley or train car on tracks with a sign that says "X-ray Now: Everybody over 14 years old".



Where might this have been and when? Was this practice widespread worldwide at some time in the past? What was the advertised purpose, and if there was an underlying purpose different than that, what might it have been?



Screen Shot of http://maud.radiographema.eu/moPTT/ click for full size view:



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    The first MRIs too I think. Modern versions now travel the countryside in trucks. These pieces of equipment were too expensive, and in need, to sit inside a building with low access from the population.

    – Mazura
    1 hour ago














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    The first MRIs too I think. Modern versions now travel the countryside in trucks. These pieces of equipment were too expensive, and in need, to sit inside a building with low access from the population.

    – Mazura
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The first MRIs too I think. Modern versions now travel the countryside in trucks. These pieces of equipment were too expensive, and in need, to sit inside a building with low access from the population.

– Mazura
1 hour ago





The first MRIs too I think. Modern versions now travel the countryside in trucks. These pieces of equipment were too expensive, and in need, to sit inside a building with low access from the population.

– Mazura
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It was in Glasgow in 1957, as part of the fight against tuberculosis.



Illuminated tramcar




  • [Image source Wellcome Collection CC BY]




This page from the People's History of the NHS explains:




Despite reduced incidence of tuberculosis in England and Wales, Scotland, and in particular Glasgow, had been dogged by tuberculosis throughout the immediate postwar period. By the 1950s the Department of Health for Scotland was committed to reducing the incidence of the disease by creating an X-Ray campaign accompanied by a media 'blitz'. As part of Glasgow's X-Ray campaign against tuberculosis, 11 March to 12 April 1957, Glasgow Corporation produced this large advertisement to be displayed on the side of a tram car in the city.







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    @uhoh My father's side of the family come from Glasgow. I had seen pictures of that tram before. I also remember 'No spitting' signs on Glasgow buses when I was a boy in the 1960s!

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It was in Glasgow in 1957, as part of the fight against tuberculosis.



Illuminated tramcar




  • [Image source Wellcome Collection CC BY]




This page from the People's History of the NHS explains:




Despite reduced incidence of tuberculosis in England and Wales, Scotland, and in particular Glasgow, had been dogged by tuberculosis throughout the immediate postwar period. By the 1950s the Department of Health for Scotland was committed to reducing the incidence of the disease by creating an X-Ray campaign accompanied by a media 'blitz'. As part of Glasgow's X-Ray campaign against tuberculosis, 11 March to 12 April 1957, Glasgow Corporation produced this large advertisement to be displayed on the side of a tram car in the city.







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  • I see, this is more recent than I expected. Thanks for the lightning-fast answer!

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    @uhoh My father's side of the family come from Glasgow. I had seen pictures of that tram before. I also remember 'No spitting' signs on Glasgow buses when I was a boy in the 1960s!

    – sempaiscuba
    3 hours ago
















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It was in Glasgow in 1957, as part of the fight against tuberculosis.



Illuminated tramcar




  • [Image source Wellcome Collection CC BY]




This page from the People's History of the NHS explains:




Despite reduced incidence of tuberculosis in England and Wales, Scotland, and in particular Glasgow, had been dogged by tuberculosis throughout the immediate postwar period. By the 1950s the Department of Health for Scotland was committed to reducing the incidence of the disease by creating an X-Ray campaign accompanied by a media 'blitz'. As part of Glasgow's X-Ray campaign against tuberculosis, 11 March to 12 April 1957, Glasgow Corporation produced this large advertisement to be displayed on the side of a tram car in the city.







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  • I see, this is more recent than I expected. Thanks for the lightning-fast answer!

    – uhoh
    3 hours ago








  • 2





    @uhoh My father's side of the family come from Glasgow. I had seen pictures of that tram before. I also remember 'No spitting' signs on Glasgow buses when I was a boy in the 1960s!

    – sempaiscuba
    3 hours ago














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It was in Glasgow in 1957, as part of the fight against tuberculosis.



Illuminated tramcar




  • [Image source Wellcome Collection CC BY]




This page from the People's History of the NHS explains:




Despite reduced incidence of tuberculosis in England and Wales, Scotland, and in particular Glasgow, had been dogged by tuberculosis throughout the immediate postwar period. By the 1950s the Department of Health for Scotland was committed to reducing the incidence of the disease by creating an X-Ray campaign accompanied by a media 'blitz'. As part of Glasgow's X-Ray campaign against tuberculosis, 11 March to 12 April 1957, Glasgow Corporation produced this large advertisement to be displayed on the side of a tram car in the city.







share|improve this answer















It was in Glasgow in 1957, as part of the fight against tuberculosis.



Illuminated tramcar




  • [Image source Wellcome Collection CC BY]




This page from the People's History of the NHS explains:




Despite reduced incidence of tuberculosis in England and Wales, Scotland, and in particular Glasgow, had been dogged by tuberculosis throughout the immediate postwar period. By the 1950s the Department of Health for Scotland was committed to reducing the incidence of the disease by creating an X-Ray campaign accompanied by a media 'blitz'. As part of Glasgow's X-Ray campaign against tuberculosis, 11 March to 12 April 1957, Glasgow Corporation produced this large advertisement to be displayed on the side of a tram car in the city.








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    @uhoh My father's side of the family come from Glasgow. I had seen pictures of that tram before. I also remember 'No spitting' signs on Glasgow buses when I was a boy in the 1960s!

    – sempaiscuba
    3 hours ago



















  • I see, this is more recent than I expected. Thanks for the lightning-fast answer!

    – uhoh
    3 hours ago








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    @uhoh My father's side of the family come from Glasgow. I had seen pictures of that tram before. I also remember 'No spitting' signs on Glasgow buses when I was a boy in the 1960s!

    – sempaiscuba
    3 hours ago

















I see, this is more recent than I expected. Thanks for the lightning-fast answer!

– uhoh
3 hours ago







I see, this is more recent than I expected. Thanks for the lightning-fast answer!

– uhoh
3 hours ago






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@uhoh My father's side of the family come from Glasgow. I had seen pictures of that tram before. I also remember 'No spitting' signs on Glasgow buses when I was a boy in the 1960s!

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@uhoh My father's side of the family come from Glasgow. I had seen pictures of that tram before. I also remember 'No spitting' signs on Glasgow buses when I was a boy in the 1960s!

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