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necessary measures and do all necessary acts for enforcing
the execution thereof.
Spitting.
The Council may make Byelaws for the prevention,
regulation and control of spitting. (New York, Chicago,
Philadelphia and other American Cities).
COUNCIL LABORATORY.
The equipment of the Council Laboratory was completed at
the beginning of April, 1910, and the following letter was issued
to medical practitioners in the district informing them of the
arrangements made by the Council for the diagnosis of Diphtheria,
Typhoid Fever and Consumption:—
Health Department,
Council House,
Hounslow.
April 14 th, 1910.
Dear Sir,
Laboratory, Council House, Hounslow.
A Laboratory has been established in connection with the
Health Department at the Council House, Hounslow.
The diagnosis of Phthisis, Enteric Fever and Diphtheria,
will be conducted in the future at this Laboratory instead of
at the Lister Institute.
I am forwarding outfits for use in suspected cases of the
above diseases and the results of the examinations of specimens
you send will be forwarded to you without delay.
Yours faithfully,
George F. Buchan,
Medical Officer of Health.
The following tables give a statement of the work done at
the laboratory since it was opened on April 14th, 1910, until the
end of the year 1910:—