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Wembley 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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LABORATORY FACILITIES.
No changes were made during the year concerning
laboratory facilities.
The Clinical Research Association continued to carry out
the bacteriological examinations for the detection of diphtheria,
typhoid, etc. Samples of milk and food were also examined at
these laboratories. The Royal Institute of Public Health carried
out examinations of sputum for the detection of tubercle
bacilli.
The following table shows the examinations carried out:—
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