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General.
Propaganda leaflets and' posters were also distributed
during the yeai" concerning Whooping Cough-, Measles, Diphtherlia
Immunisation, and Vaccination.
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LABORATORY. FACILITIES,
Bacteriological investigations are carried out on
behalf of the Public Health Department by the Regional
Hospital Board's Group Laboratory at Mile End Hospital.
1,029 such investigations, were carried-out during the.year
on 348 specimens received from medical practitioners. In
the Borough. Details of specimens are as follows:-
Nasal and. Throat swabs 264
Faeces 35
Sputa 13
Blood Examinations (miscellaneous)36
LEGISLATION.
Included in new .legislation which became operative
during the year are the following it:-
Prevention of Damage'by Pests Act, 1949
(which rescinded the Rats & Mice
Destruction Act, 1919).
Shops Act, 1950 (which consolidated the
Shops Acts, 1912 to 1938).
Public Health (Acute Poliomyelitis, Acute
Encephalitis and Meningococcol Infection)
Regulations, 1949.
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