Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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AMBULANCE FACILITIES.- There has been no material change
in the Ambulance Facilities as recorded in the Reports
for 1935, 1936 and 1939.
The table below sets out brief particulars of the
work carried out during 1945. It will be remembered that
reciprocal arrangements exist with all neighbouring
authorities .
Total journeys made:
General removals to or from hospitals, etc. | 1982 |
Traffic accidents. | 54 |
Other accidents. | 297 |
Sudden illness in streets, etc. | 97 |
2430 |
Included in the above totals are 146 journeys made
at the request of neighbouring authorities and 155
Southgate journeys made by ambulances of other authorities
at our request.
MORTUARY.- During 1945, 66 bodies were deposited in the
Council's mortuary situated at the rear of the Town Hall,
64 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 1945.
Work carried out at the Council's laboratory:-
HOSPITAL specimens. Positive. Negative. | BOROUGH specimens. Positive. Negative. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Swabs for Diphtheria bacilli | 75 | 574 | 8 | 273 |
" " Haemolytic streptococci | - | 2 | 7 | 17 |
" " Staphylococci | - | - | 1 | - |
" " Vincents Angina | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
Sputa for Tubercle bacilli | - | - | 9 | 101 |
Total | 1078. |
(1944, 1405)
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