London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Finsbury 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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Number Total
UnsatisNumber Number Total
factory Poor Examined
1949 1950 1949 1950 1949 1950 1950 (1949)
Milk—
Pasteurised 1 I 5 2 — 305 173
Tuberculin Tested Pasteurised
— — 1 —25 35
Sterilised — — — —44 55
Ice-Cream 9 26 13 590 111
374 (464)
Other foods — — — —34 28
Water—
Wells — — — —9 —
Tanks — — — — 4 41
Swimming Baths — — — —5 16
Various — — — —46 10
95 (98)
Totals 2,466 (1,398)
Work of the Regional Hospital Board
| For General Practitioners | For Various Clinics | Totals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | 1950 | 1949 | 1950 | 1949 | 1950 | |
| Blood Counts | 39 | 61 | 61 | 148 | 100 | 209 |
| Blood Sedimentation Rate estimations | — | 1 | 18 | 11 | 18 | 12 |
| Urine Examinations | 14 | 10 | 13 | 47 | 27 | 57 |
| Various | 1 | 11 | 27 | 6 | 28 | 17 |
| Total | 173 | 295 | ||||
It will be seen from the comparative figures given in the above
tables that there has been a very great increase in the amount of
work performed in the laboratory during the past year.
Blood Transfusion.
The Council continued to co-operate with the North London
Blood Supply Depot of the National Blood Transfusion Service, by
arranging Blood Donation Sessions at the Health Centre. Four
sessions were held during the year at which 317 donors gave blood,
as against two sessions held in 1949.