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Regarding the age of death, those residents, who have escaped
the ops and downs of the first year of life, and who spend all their
days in Romford, would appear to have slightly more than an even
chance of reaching 65 years of age, and approximately a 1 in 3
chance of living to more than 75 years.
From the above statistics I think I am correct in assuming
that the Health outlook for the population is a good one.
1.—GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR
THE AREA.
(i) Public Health Officers of the Authority.
For particulars of these, see the list at the beginning of this
Report.
(ii) Laboratory Facilities.
(a) Under our arrangement with the Essex County Council, the
greater portion of the clinical material from the District is sent to
the Counties Public Health Laboratories, Queen Victoria Street,
London for analysis. When a report is sent to a practitioner, the
Health Department here receives a duplicate, and, in this manner,
we are kept informed of the results of various specimens submitted
from patients in the district.
(b) Under an arrangement with the Essex County Council,
specimens to be examined in connection with Venereal Diseases
are submitted to the L.C.C. Laboratory, Whitechapel Clinic,,
Turner Street, Mile End, London.
(c) Under an arrangement with the Essex County Council in
pursuance of the Circular of the Ministry of Health dated 30th
March, 1938, and entitled "Bacteriological Investigation with Reference
to Puerperal Sepsis," specimens to be examined are sent to
the Department of Pathology, Chelmsford and Essex Hospital,
Chelmsford. There, they are examined by Dr. F. E. Camps.
(d) Under an arrangement with the Romford Joint Hospital
Board, swabs to be examined for Klebs Loeffler Bacilli can be taken
by hand to the Isolation Hospital, and dealt with at the laboratory
there.
(iii) Ambulance Facilities.
The Ambulances available for use in the District are
(a) For Infectious Diseases—Two, which are stationed at the
Isolation Hospital.