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The Medical Officer of Health is Administrative Tuberculosis Officer and Executive Officer
under the Council's Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme.
ii. Laboratory Facilities.
The bacteriological work of the Council rendered necessary by investigations
into infectious diseases, food poisoning, and water control in the Council's swimming
baths, is carried out at the Woolwich War Memorial Hospital. The bacteriological
examination of milk samples is carried out partly at the Woolwich War Memorial
Hospital and partly at the Clinical Research Laboratory.
A minimum of 500 samples is purchased annually in accordance with the provisions
of the Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928, and the various Regulations
and Orders in which are laid down the standards for food. They are submitted
for chemical analysis to the Public Analyst whose Laboratory is situated at
1, Southwark Street, London, S.E. 1.
iii. Ambulance Facilities.
The London County Council's ambulance service is available:—
(a) For the removal to hospital, free of charge, of persons suffering from infectious
disease;
(b) For the removal, on payment, of persons suffering from non-infectious
diseases to hospitals or other places;
(c) For the removal, free of charge, of cases of accident and sudden illness
arising in the streets or public buildings, to hospitals or home.
(d) For the removal, free of charge, of ordinary maternity cases between the
hours of 11 p.m. and 8 a.m., and urgent maternity cases during the daytime,
when accompanied by a doctor or nurse.