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London County Council 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Examination of staff.
During the year 10,375 examinations, including 253 home visits, members of the staff. These may be classified as follows :—
* 1,871 of these were dealt with in the first instance by telephone and correspondence.
Ninety applicants for appointment to the permanent service failed to pass the medical examination for the following reasons :—
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t Including, in the males, two cases of hernia, and one each of goitre and post-operative debility,
and in the females, one each of post-operative debility, goitre, skin disease, adenitis and organic nervous
disorder.
As a result of the examinations of the staff, 404 officers were deemed to be permanently unfit to carry out their ordinary duties in the service of the Council on the following grounds :—
* Including, in the males, two cases of diabetes and one each of dermatitis and actinomycosis ;
and, in the females, two cases of diabetes and one of dermatitis.
Work done in the bacteriological laboratory at County Hall.
The investigations carried out during the year 1935 are summarised below
under the various headings. The work undertaken in this laboratory is chiefly
associated with the control of infectious diseases in the Council's day and residential
schools, and in addition a certain amount of bacteriological investigation is carried
out on material such as water, milk, etc., submitted to the Council's chemist for
analysis.