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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Croydon 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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SAMPLES SUBMITTED TO THE PATHOLOGICAL LABORATORY FOR
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION - 1967
Faeces outfits 1,843
Drinking Water samples 659
Public Swimming Bath Water samples 64
Private Swimming Bath Water samples 146
Private Wells 179
Milk samples 189
Cream samples 6
Ice Cream Samples 96
Sundry Food Specimens 50
Blood 48
Urine 459
Nose and Throat Swabs 43
Total 3,782
Samples of Drinking Water
During the year under review the total number of examinations performed
were:-
Bacteriological 659
Chemical 6
Unsatisfactory Samples
The Health Department is warned by telephone whenever preliminary
results of bacteriological tests show presumptive coli. The Water Engineer
is immediately notified. If there is no apparent cause, simultaneous resampling
by the Water and Health Departments is performed. Further action
depends on the findings of these re-tests.