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Ealing 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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LABORATORY WORK.
The bacteriological laboratory continues to extend in usefulness.
Not only does it deal with specimens taken in the Borough,
including the Isolation Hospital, but the Urban Districts of Hanwell
and Greenford make use of the facilities. The Hospitals Committee
and the Hanwell and Greenford District Councils by payment
for the examination of specimens contribute greatly towards the
upkeep of the Laboratory.
During the year the following specimens were examined:—
| Positive | Negative | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria: | Ealing | 16 | 446 | 462 |
| Isolation Hospital | 172 | 1,544 | 1,716 | |
| Hanwell | 14 | 294 | 308 | |
| Greenford | — | 1 | 1 | |
| Tuberculosis: | Ealing | 30 | 148 | 178 |
| Hanwell | 5 | 23 | 28 | |
| Greenford | — | — | — | |
| Miscellaneous: | Ealing | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| Hanwell | — | 1 | 1 | |
| Greenford | — | — | — | |
| Totals | 244 | 2,465 | 2,709 | |
HOUSING.
The housing difficulties still remain the same, and will so
remain until a great impetus is given to building by private enterprise
or until the Council undertake a comprehensive scheme.
As the difficulties are great and really national, little progress
can be made until the Government evolve a large and practicable
scheme of house building on a good basis.
Much good work is being done in improving the present houses
which in many instances the owner is unwilling to decorate or repair
until called upon to do so by the Sanitary Inspectors.