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Analyst's own laboratory which is situated at Bank Buildings, 161,
Bow Road, E.3. The report of the Public Analyst is given on page 76.
(n.b.—Examination of samples of milk for tubercle and bacteriological
counts in graded milks are made at the Lister Institute.)
(b) Bacteriological.
(i) All sputa examinations are made at the Council's Tuberculosis
Dispensary.
(ii) Examination of diphtheria swabs and Widal tests and examination
of stools and urine are carried out by arrangement with the Seamen's
Hospital Society, Dreadnought Hospital, Greenwich.
(iii) Wasserman tests and examination of smears are done at the
London Hospital under the Venereal Disease Scheme for London.
(6) New Legislation.
During the year the following legislation, etc., came into operation:—
Housing Act, 1935.
This Act deals with overcrowding, etc. See special report to the
Housing Committee, Appendix A, page 138.
Sanitary Officers (London) Regulations, 1935.
Require Medical Officer of Health to furnish Minister with particulars
regarding overcrowding, etc.
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1935 (Section 67).
This section empowers the Sanitary Authority to require the provision
and maintenance of an adequate and readily accessible supply of water
for drinking purposes where any building, or part of a building, occupied
as a separate tenement, is used for human habitation, or as a place where
persons are employed. The Council delegated their powers to the Public
Health Committee.