With the promise of free homes, cars and generous pensions, a mass radiography survey was carried out in 1950s Edinburgh in the fight against deadly tuberculosis (TB).
Spearheaded by the then newly-created NHS, the ambitious x-ray campaign aimed to screen 80 per cent of the capital's population in March 1958.
The Mass Miniature Radiography (MMR) programme deployed mobile van units to carry x-ray equipment deep into the heart of local communities.
