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Southgate 1944

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]

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War-time Day Nurseries.
Alderman House, Aldermans Hill, Palmers Green.
Tottenhall Sports Ground, Tottenhall Road, Palmers Green.
Hoppers Road, Palmers Green.
IMMUNISATION (against diphtheria) CLINIC.- (Southgate
Council) Town Hall, Palmer-s Green. Thursday 2-4
The TUBERCULOSIS, VENEREAL DISEASES and SCHOOL CLINICS
(Middlesex County Council) continue as set out in the
Report for 1933, except that the Tuberculosis Dispensary
at Hornsey has been closed.
AMBULANCE FACILITIES.- There has been no material change
in the Ambulance Facilities as recorded in the Reports
for 1935, 1936 and 1939.
MORTUARY.- During 1944, 72 bodies were deposited in the
Council's mortuary situated at the rear of the Town Hall.
69 post-mortem examinations were held.
LABORATORY FACILITIES.- The following tables set out the
work carried out at the Council's laboratory and at the
laboratories of the Clinical Research Association to
which material was sent during 1944.
Work carried out at the Council's laboratory:-
HOSPITAL BOROUGH
specimens. specimens.
Positive. Positive.
Negative. Negative.
Swabs for Diphtheria bacilli 223 825 4 230
" " Haemolyt ic
streptococci- - 6
" " Streptococci - - 1 5
" " Vincents Angina - - 1 4
Sputa for Tubercle bacilli - - 12 88
" " Pneumococci 1 1
Pus for Gonococci - - - 2
" " Staphylococci - - 2 -
Total 1405.
(1943, 2406)
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