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LABORATORY SERVICES
The arrangements whereby the Health Department acts as a
collecting centre for laboratory specimens submitted by medical practitioners
in Hornsey continued during the year. Containers are
obtainable from the department during normal office hours and specimens
are collected daily by a messenger from Colindale at approximately
3.30 p.m. and 10.30 a.m. on Saturdays. The laboratory at Coppetts
Wood Hospital is open to receive specimens at any time up to 5 p.m.
on Mondays to Fridays and 12 noon on Saturdays. In addition, a
24-hour emergency service is maintained by the Central Public Health
Laboratory, Colindale.
The following specimens submitted by Hornsey patients were
examined during 1961.
Nose and throat swabs ... 371
Sputum 39
Faeces 255
Urine 65
Other 83
Other examinations were carried out as follows:-
Water 10
Milk 6
Milk Powder 1
Ice Cream 6
MASS X-RAY SURVEY, MARCH 1961
The total number of attenders was 5212, which was considerably
more than on any other survey since 1951. The relative figures
were -
March 1951 5054
June 1953 4677
September 1954 3716
October 1956 4096
On this occasion considerably less publicity in the form of
leaflets and posters was issued than on any other visit and it may
be suggested that the extremely good attendance generally is a tribute
to the growing awareness of the public in matters of health generally,
and information which they have gathered from television and radio
programmes, magazines and newspaper articles.
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