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SECTION VI.
LABORATORY WORK.
During the year, 456 swabs for diphtheria and 25 specimens of sputa were
sent for examination to a private firm in London. A messenger called at the
Town Hall every day at 5 and took them up by train. No other pathological
examinations were made.
Of the 456 swabs examined, 123 were found to be positive; and of the 25
sputa, 9 were found to contain the bacillus of tuberculosis.
In December, the Council put in order the Laboratory at the Town Hall
and its instruments, etc., as the incoming M.O.H. had agreed to undertake
the bacteriological work.
By the middle of January, 1922, the Council's Laboratory was in working
order, and since that time no further material, etc., has been sent to town.
Antitoxin for the treatment of diphtheria is stored at the Fire Station
and the Town Hall. During the year, 54 phials were obtained by medical
practitioners from the former, and 91 from the latter. 156 phials of antitoxin,
4,000 units, were ordered during the course of the year. Sterilised syringes are
also kept at each place, and medical practitioners are paid 3s. 6d. for the
administration of the serum. No other serum has been supplied during the
year.
LIST OF ADOPTIVE ACTS, BYE-LAWS, ETC., IN FORCE IN THE
DISTRICT.
Date of Adoption.
Infectious Disease Notification Act, 1899 13-1-1891
Infectious Disease Prevention Act, 1890 13-1-1891
Baths and Wash ho uses Acts of 1847-78-82 26-2-1901
Public Health Acts (Amendment) Act, 1890:—
Parts 2 and 3 9-12-1890
Part 5 23-4-1895
The Order of the
Public Health Acts (Amendment) Act, 1907, Sec- L.G.B. made Dec.
tions 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 46 to 51 24th, 1909, declarinclusive,
comprising Part 3 relating to Sani- ing these sections
tary Provisions, the whole of Part 4 relating to be in force in
to Infectious Diseases, and the whole of Part Edmonton, came
5 relating to Common Lodging Houses. into operation Feb.
11th, 1910.