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PROPHYLACTICS
Smallpox vaccine
Diphtheria prophylactics
Gamma globulin for prevention
or modification of
measles.
Anti-rabic vaccine
Anti-typhus vaccine
Prophylactic anti-anthrax
serum.
Available at most P.H.L.S. laboratories
for issue to individual doctors or
clinics.
Available at all P.H.L.S. laboratories
for issue to public health departments.
Available to individual doctors —limited
stocks in most P.H.L.S. laboratories
for issue under strictly defined conditions.
Available to individual doctors from
Liverpool, London, Newcastle and
Cardiff laboratories only.
Available to individual doctors from
Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge,
Exeter, Leeds, Liverpool, London,
Manchester, Newcastle, Oxford, Sheffield
and Cardiff laboratories.
Available to individual doctors from
Bradford, Hull, Liverpool, London,
Newcastle, Northampton, Taunton,
Worcester and Cardiff laboratories.
SKIN TEST ANTIGENS
Brucellin
Available to individual doctors directly
from Central Public Health Laboratory,
Colindale.
Trichina
Casoni
Frei
Cat-Scratch Fever
The Service does not issue any therapeutic sera or anti-toxins,
neither does it issue T.A.B. or cholera vaccine, Schick-test toxin, or
prophylactics other than those noted above. T.A.B. and most other
vaccines are available commercially. Yellow fever vaccination is
carried out only in special centres designated by the Ministry of Health.
COLLECTION AND TRANSMISSION OF SPECIMENS
Responsibility for collecting and transmitting specimens to the
laboratory lies with the clinician. The laboratory cannot undertake
this except under special conditions. Ideally, all specimens should be
sent by hand.