Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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SECTION B
GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES
IN THE AREA
LABORATORY FACILITIES
These continue as in previous years. The Ministry of Health
Emergency Medical Service provides a Pathological Service at the
King Edward VII Memorial Hospital Laboratory at Ealing.
The following Table gives the types, and number, of specimens submitted for examination.
Type | No. of specimens examined |
---|---|
Throat and Nose Swabs | 152 |
Sputum | 19 |
Faeces | 240 |
Hair, Widals, etc. | 5 |
Milk | 116 |
Milk Bottles | 23 |
Water | 77 |
Ice-Cream | 168 |
HOSPITAL PROVISION
The Regional Hospital Board of the N.W. Metropolitan Area,
which includes Acton, is responsible for hospital treatment of the
sick. The most difficult cases for which to obtain treatment are
old persons or chronic sick who become acutely ill or who are in
the terminal stage of their illness. These types of cases need continuous
care and treatment, and it is just these requirements which
cannot be met in the home.