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Saturdays but they may be sent direct by doctors to the laboratory
at Coppetts Wood Hospital any time before 5 p.m. on Mondays to
Fridays and 12 noon on Saturdays. The Central Public Health
Laboratory at Colindale maintains a twenty-four hour emergency
service.
The Public Health Laboratory Service is under the direction of the
Medical Research Council on behalf of the Ministry of Health and
the assistance of the technical staff is available to the department in
connection with outbreaks of infectious diseases in the Borough.
Copies of bacteriological reports on Hornsey patients are sent to
the Medical Officer of Health and the following is a summary of
specimens taken during 1955:—
Reports Received
Faeces 608
Nose and Throat 12
Sputum 10
Food specimen 1
Urine 2
Per Nasal 3
Post-Nasal 1
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