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Poplar 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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SECTION F
GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AREA
Laboratory Facilities.
During the first part of the year all bacteriological examinations for the
Public Health Department were carried out by the Public Health Laboratory Service
at the Laboratories at 134, Denmark Hill, S. E. 5. This laboratory closed in September
1953 and after that date specimens for examination were sent to the Laboratory
at County Hall.
Ambulance Facilities.
The provision of ambulance transport within the administrative County of
London is the responsibility of the London County Council.
Hospitals.
There are three hospitals in the Borough - St. Andrew's, St. Clement's and
Poplar Hospital.
These hospitals, together with the Poplar Chest Clinic, Wellington Way, E.3,
which continued to operate during the year, are under the control of the North
East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board.
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