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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 pages 4 and 5 of this report.
2.—Laboratory Facilities. The examination of clinical material
(sputum, swabs, etc.) is undertaken by the Laboratories of Pathology
and Public Health, Ltd., at 6, Harley Street W.l (Eastes' Laboratories).
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 by the Borough
Council under the Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928, 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 145 to 147.
3.—Ambulance Facilities. The London County Council provides
ambulances, free of cost, for the conveyance to
(a) Hospitals or private residences of persons meeting with
accidents or suffering from sudden illnesses in the streets,
public places, places of employment, etc.
(b) Hospitals of
(i) Persons meeting with accidents in their homes;
(ii) Persons suffering from illnesses in their homes if a
medical practitioner certifies that the case is one of
life or death, and provided that arrangements have been
made for the reception of the patient in a hospital;
(iii) Parturient women, if the case is one of urgency,
w hether from the home, place of business or elsewhere,
on the application of a qualified medical practitioner
or certified midwife, provided that either a doctor or
midwife accompanies the case; and
(iv) Non-urgent cases of parturition provided that admission
to a maternity bed has previously been arranged and a
card (issued by the County Council to hospitals,
municipal maternity homes, etc.) for such admission
obtained;