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General Provisions of Health Services for the
Borough.
1.—Staff. A list of the staff of the Public Health Department
will be found on page 4 of this report.
Dr. J. Davies was appointed as a Public Vaccinator in July in
place of Dr. Buteman who had resigned.
Miss N. B. May was appointed as a Health Visitor on 22nd November,
in consequence of the resignation of Mrs. Casewell.
Mr. W. Robinson was appointed as an additional Sanitary
Inspector in July to inspect Tenement Houses.
Miss C. Montague was appointed as shorthand-typist in July.
2.—Laboratory Facilities. The examination of clinical material
{sputum, swabs, etc.) was undertaken by the Hampstead General
Hospital at their Laboratory at the Hospital in Haverstock Hill.
Information relating to the work carried out in this connection will
be found in those parts of this report relating to infectious disease.
Dr. H. E. Cox is the Public Analyst appointed under the Food
and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928, by the Borough Council, and his
Laboratories are situated at 11, Billiter Square, E.C.3; his report will
be found in Section 6. A report on the samples taken for analysis
during the year will be found on pages 95-97.
Bacteriological examinations have been conducted by the Royal
Institute of Public Health.
3.—Ambulance Facilities.—The London County Council provide
ambulances free of cost for the conveyance of :—
(a) Persons meeting with accidents or suffering from sudden
illnesses.
(b) Parturient women, if the cases are urgent and accompanied
by the medical practitioner or certified midwife.
(c) Non-urgent cases of parturition occurring between the
hours of 11 p.m. and 8 a.m., if letters of admission to
maternity hospitals are produced.
(d) Persons suffering from infectious diseases who are to be
transferred to the Council's fever hospitals.
(e) For conveyance to general hospitals and institutions of
non-infectious cases when application is made through the
County Council's public assistance department.