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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Southgate 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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down awkward staircases, etc., was added to the
ambulance equipment,
COUNCIL EMPLOYEES.- Five Council employees were
examined at the Town Hall during 1939, either for
admittance to the superannuation scheme, or before
being accepted into the Council's service.
MORTUARY.- During 1939, 51 bodies were deposited
in the Council's mortuary situated at the rear of
the Town Hall. Forty-five post-mortem examinations
were held.
LABORATORY FACILITIES.- The following-tables set
out the work carried out at the Council's laboratory,
and at other laboratories to which material was sent
during 1939.
Work carried out at the Council's laboratory:
| HOSPITAL | BOROUGH | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Positive | |||
| Negative | Negative | |||
| Swabs for Diphtheria bacilli | 432 | 2327 | 6 | 605 |
| Swabs for Streptococci | – | 1 | – | 7 |
| Swabs for Haemolytic streptococci | – | – | – | 6 |
| Sputa for Tubercle bacilli | – | 1 | 14 | 108 |
| Total | 3507 | (1938, 5095) | ||
The decrease in the work carried out at the
laboratory was due to the marked drop in the number
patients treated at the Isolation Hospital, and to
the very low incidence of diphtheria within the
Borough.
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