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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

Croydon 1970

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: SAMPLES SUBMITTED TO THE PATHOLOGICAL LABORATORY FOR BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION - 1970

SAMPLES SUBMITTED TO THE PATHOLOGICAL LABORATORY FOR BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION - 1970

Faeces outfits1,514
Drinking Water samples711
Public Swimming Bath Water samples130
Private Swimming Bath Water samples176
Private Wells142
Milk samples158
Cream samples1
Ice Cream samples105
Sundry Food specimens29
Blood21
Urine656
Nose and Throat Swabs43
Total3,686

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Samples of Drinking Water
During the year under review the total number of examinations performed
were:—
Bacteriological 709
Chemical 9
Unsatisfactory Samples
The Health Department is warned by telephone whenever preliminary
results of bacteriological tests show presumptive coli. The Water Engineer
is immediately notified. If there is no apparent cause, simultaneous resampling
by the Water and Health Departments is performed. Further action
depends on the findings of these re-tests.