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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 1969

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: SAMPLES SUBMITTED TO THE PATHOLOGICAL LABORATORY FOR BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION - 1969

SAMPLES SUBMITTED TO THE PATHOLOGICAL LABORATORY FOR BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION - 1969

Faeces outfits2,700
Drinking Water samples474
Public Swimming Bath Water samples123
Private Swimming Bath Water samples165
Private Wells141
Milk samples158
Cream samples1
Ice Cream samples105
Sundry Food specimens<38
Blood39
Urine803
Nose and Throat Swabs54
Total4,801

Table: Samples of Drinking WaterDuring the year under review the total number of examinations performet were:—

Samples of Drinking Water

During the year under review the total number of examinations performet were:—

Bacteriological463
Chemical11

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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.