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Laboratory Facilities.
As in past years, the Central Public Health
Laboratory Service has been of the greatest assistance
to us, not only the Central Laboratory at Colindale,
but also the Laboratory at Coppetts Wood Hospital.
I gratefully acknowledge the assistance afforded
throughout the year, and the close co-operation
which has continued for so many years between the
Public Health Department and the Laboratory Service.
Summary of the work carried out at the Public Health
Laboratories for the year:
Throat and nose swabs 2
Faeces 155
Sputum 2
Ice cream 26
Milk 96
Sausages 1
National Assistance Act 1948.
Section 50. Burial or cremation of the dead.
No action was necessary under this
section during I960.
PREVALENCE AND COTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISESES.
From the table of infectious diseases
set out on page 32 it will be seen that 120 cases
of infectious diseases were notified during the year
as against 305 in 1959. The Infectious Sickness
Rate for the year was therefore 4.18 as compared with
10.64 for the previous year.
The decrease in the number of infectious
diseases during the year was due almost entirely to
the fact that I960 was not a "measles year".
The following table sets out the
infectious diseases notified during 1960, as compared
with the notifications received during 1959:
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