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London County Council 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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PATHOLOGICAL SERVICES—continued.
Table VI.—
| Hospital or group laboratory. | Histological (i.e., report and stained section) | Specimens mounted for | Postmortem examinations carried out by histologists. | Histologist present at postmortem examinations on anæsthetic deaths. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Routine | Special. | Hospital. | Museum. | |||
| 1,921 | 73 | – | 20 | 112 | 2 | |
| Highgate | 1,848 | 77 | 1 | 14 | 120 | — |
| New End | 737 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 18 | — |
| St. Leonard's | 579 | 25 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 1 |
| St Mary, Islington | 1,514 | 66 | — | 11 | 13 | 3 |
| St. Pancras | 461 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 46 | 3 | 5 | 5 | – | 1 | |
| St. Giles' | 44 | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| St. James' | 20 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
| 24 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
| Lewisham | 102 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — |
| Queen Mary's, Sidcup | 9 | — | — | — | — | — |
| St. Alfege's | 74 | 4 | — | 4 | 2 | — |
| St. Nicholas' | 36 | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| St. Olave's | 519 | 40 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 |
| 153 | 5 | – | – | – | 2 | |
| Hackney | 1,164 | 50 | 1 | 7 | 46 | 3 |
| Mile End | 680 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 22 | — |
| St. Andrew's | 463 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| St. George-in-the-East | 474 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — |
| St. Peter's, Whitechapel | 147 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| 444 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | |
| Hammersmith | 308 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| Paddington | 208 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| St. Charles' | 475 | 24 | — | 3 | 13 | 2 |
| St. Luke's, Chelsea | 293 | 7 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| St. Mary Abbots | 795 | 8 | — | 5 | 25 | 3 |
| St. Stephen's | 574 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 2 |
| 60 | 6 | — | — | 4 | — | |
| Colindale | 56 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Eastern | 36 | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| High Wood King George V | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| sanatorium | 2 | — | — | — | _ | — |
| North-Eastern | 6 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| North-Western | 30 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Northern | 24 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Park | 58 | — | — | — | 4 | — |
| Pinewood sanatorium | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Queen Mary's, Carshalton | 28 | — | 4 | 1 | — | —_ |
| St. Luke's, Lowestoft | 8 | — | 1 | 1 | — | |
| South-Eastern | 24 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Western | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Total | 14,453 | 507 | 58 | 141 | 462 | 49 |
| Total for 1933 | 8,749 | 576 | 67 | 88 | 235 | 36 |