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Laboratory Facilities,
These are provided at the Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale.
Specimens may be sent direct by Medical Practitioners to the Laboratory or
by special collection from the Public Health Department provided they are received
not later than 3.30 p.m. Monday to Friday and 11.0 a.m. Saturday.
I would like to express my appreciation of the work carried out by the staff of
the Laboratory vho have co-operated whole-heartedly with the Public Health Department,
The numbers of samples taken in respect of milk, ice cream, domestic water
supplies and swimming pools are contained elsewhere in the report.
Medical Examinations.
During the year 89 employees of the Hendon Borough Council were medically
examined for superannuation purposes
WELFARE OF OLD PEOPLE.
The following extracts are from the Report for the year 1954-55 of the Borough
of Hendon Old People's Welfare Committee.
I am indebted to Mr, A. E. Harvey, The Honorary Secretary, for supplying me
with the information.
Visiting.
This service is one of the most important undertaken by the Committee. Through
it, contact is maintained with the more frail and lonely people and at the same time
it enables the Committee to discover and to meet any special needs. Loneliness is
one of the most dreaded accompaniments of old age. The difficulty is that of finding
the lonely person who does not attend a church or belong to any organisation
Chiropody
This service, instituted in 1953, continues to be provided by the British Red
Cross Society, and during the year 273 cases were dealt with. Any deficit has been
met by the Old People's Welfare Committee, which during the year has itself instituted
a service to meet the needs of the bedridden person. The British Red Cross Society
also provided a Chiropody Service in most of its Evergreen Clubs.
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