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Barking 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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smallpox and other infectious diseases, link up the National Health
Insurance work with the technical medical work carried out by
you.
There is a very real spirit of co-operation, for which I am particularly
indebted to my colleagues in private practice, and nowhere
has this been shown more readily than in the way they have assisted
me to revise the Tuberculosis Registers, which—as I have said
elsewhere—were in need of revision.
13. POOR LAW MEDICAL OUT-RELIEF.
Similarly, in the case of poor law medical relief, both for inpatients
and out-relief, we have been in constant touch with the
Superintendent of Oldchurch Hospital, to whom I am indebted for
many courteous considerations.
It is our object to get cases of tubercle admitted to Oldchurch,
and, where necessary, retained in Oldchurch so long as possible,
and Dr. O'Loughlin, the Medical Superintendent, has been at great
pains to co-operate with us in this important matter.
14. LABORATORY FACILITIES.
The necessary laboratory work of the district is carried out by arrangement with the Essex County Council at the Counties' Laboratory, situated in Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C.4, particulars of the number of specimens submitted for examination being supplied by the following table:—
| Specimen | Number examined |
|---|---|
In addition there were 51 biological examinations.