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ESTABLISHMENTS FOR MASSAGE
AND SPECIAL TREATMENT
Licences were issued during the year in respect of four
establishments which are governed by the Borough's bye-laws.
In accordance with our requirements a hot water supply is
available in each surgery.
LAUNDRY SERVICE
The laundry service of the chronic sick and elderly has
continued to help 54 senior citizens, and in the service 13,135
articles have been collected, laundered and returned.
During 1963 we were fortunate in acquiring a Minibus and
driver who now does the laundry service transport, delivers and
collects sick room equipment and medical supplies and has proved!
an invaluable help in the smooth running of the Public Health
Department.
PATHOLOGICAL SERVICES
Close co-operation continues with the Pathologic^! Department
of the Barking Hospital, under the capable administrc on of I
Dr. J.Caiman. I
Blood-groups and Rhesus Type of all expectant jthers attenB
ing Upn ey Clinic continued to be determined during 1963, and alsdB
the haemoglobin content estimated as soon as the patient was
accepted for a bed. Similar tests are carried out for all domiciliaryH
confinement cases.
At pre-determined intervals further haemoglobin estimations I
were performed, thereby revealing at an early stage any patient in
need of special treatment and advice for anaemia.
Further investigations were performed on those of Rhesusnegative
Type in order to detect the presence of Rhesus Antibodies
and we have received valuable assistance from the Blood Transfusion
Centre of the Regional Board in confirmation and more detailed
examination of our findings.
In earlier years it has been usual to perform a ingle Kahn Test
on each patient, but in 1963 the Wassermann Test was substituted
and the Kahn Test employed as a second test, thereby considerably
improving the service offered.
No material difference existed between the Laboratory service
offered to the patient booked for hospital confinement and the
mother who preferred to remain at home, except that in the latter
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