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Section B.
GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES
FOR THE BOROUGH.
(i) Public Health Officers of the Authority.
A list of the Staff is shown at the commencement of the Report,
page 4-6.
(ii) (a) Laboratory Facilities.
(a) Chemical Analysis.
Arrangements are made with analytical chemists who are approved
by the Minister of Health. All examinations are carried out at the Public
Analysts' own laboratory which is situate at Bank Buildings, 161,
Bow Road, E.3. The report of the Public Analysts is given on page 78.
(n.b.—Examination of samples of milk for tubercle and bacteriological
counts in designated 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.
(ii) (b) Ambulance facilities.
The ambulance services are provided by the London County Council.