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1938 18
SECTION B
GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES IN
THE BOROUGH.
PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICERS OF THE AUTHORITY.
A list of the Staff of the Public Health Department is given on page one.
LABORATORY FACILITIES.
The Council has an arrangement with the Royal Institute of Public Health and
Hygiene, 23, Queen Square, W.C.1, for the examination of specimens to assist the
medical profession in the diagnosis of Diphtheria, Enteric Fever and Pulmonary
Tuberculosis, and in addition facilities are afforded at the Bland Sutton Institute of
Pathology, Middlesex Hospital, especially for cases requiring pathogenicity tests.
The Bland Sutton Institute also makes examinations of specimens sent by the
Specialist conducting the Council's Maternity Consultative Clinic.
Very considerable help is afforded by the Ministry of Health Laboratory in the
examination of certain specimens submitted in cases of suspected food poisoning.
Bacteriological and chemical examinations of water used for dietetic purposes
and samples of swimming bath water are made at the Royal Institute of Public
Health and Hygiene. These arrangements have worked satisfactorily during the
year.
AMBULANCE FACILITIES.
Ambulances are provided by the London County Council for the conveyance of—
(a) Cases of sudden illness or accident occurring in the streets, public places, or
places of employment, and in the homes.
(b) Non-urgent maternity cases if the call is made between the hours of 11 p.m.
and 8 a.m.
(c) Urgent maternity cases on the application of a doctor or certified midwife,
either of whom must accompany the patient.
(d) Persons suffering from notifiable infectious diseases.
(e) Sick persons to hospitals or any place within the County of London, for which
conveyance a standard charge is made.
Emergency Maternity Unit—Arrangements with University College Hospital
and St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
The St. John's Ambulance Brigade, St. John's Gate, E.C.1, also arrange for
ambulances on payment.
The ambulance service in Islington can be considered satisfactory.
NURSING IN THE HOME.
Arrangements have been made by the Council with the North London (Islington)
District Nursing Association, 6 and 7, Canonbury Place, N.l, to provide assistance
in home nursing free of charge to those unable to provide for it privately who are
suffering from the following illnesses:—Ophthalmia Neonatorum, Measles and
Whooping Cough in children under five years of age ; Summer Diarrhoea in infants,
specified cases of Pneumonia in all ages, and special maternity cases. Before nursing
assistance can be provided a doctor must be in attendance on the case.