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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 1968

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: SAMPLES SUBMITTED TO THE PATHOLOGICAL LABORATORY FOR BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION - 1968

SAMPLES SUBMITTED TO THE PATHOLOGICAL LABORATORY FOR BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION - 1968

Faeces outfits2,092
Drinking Water samples506
Public Swimming Bath Water samples92
Private Swimming Bath Water samples144
Private Wells264
Milk samples134
Cream samples1
Ice Cream Samples92
Sundry Food Specimens58
Blood35
Urine707
Nose and Throat Swabs33
Total4,158

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Samples of Drinking Water
During the year under review the total number of examinations performed
were:-
Bacteriological 492
Chemical 14
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.