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Certificates of Hygiene were issued to accompany
6 consignments of rag-wipers which had been washed, cleaned
and sterilised by a local firm who specialise in the export
of rag and other waste material wipers.
LABORATORY FACILITIES
A large part of the Council's pathological and allied
work in relation to the diagnosis, prevention and control of
infectious diseases is undertaken at the Southern Group
Laboratory at the Hither Green Hospital, Lewisham. This
service is provided by the Public Health Laboratory Service.
Specimens sent to this Laboratory include samples of
milk and ice-cream, samples of food in suspected food poisoning
cases, specimens of meat from the Abattoir, and samples of
swimming bath water. The following summary relates to the
work carried out by the Laboratory on behalf of the Council
during 196O:-
Type of Specimen No. Examined
Food (various) 8
Ice-cream (methylene blue test) 14
Milk (methylene blue, phosphatase and
turbidity tests) 266
Water (swimming baths, children's
paddling and boating pools) 32
Organs from animal carcases (Sections) 2
Sterilisation Test Envelopes 2
324
The examination of specimens of human origin (mainly
swab examinations) for the general practitioners in the
Borough, and also specimens referred to the Hospital from
local clinics, is undertaken by the Woolwich Group Hospital
Management Committee at the Brook Hospital and at the St.
Nicholas Hospital.
Once more I must express my appreciation of the efficient
service of these Bodies. Often they go to considerable
trouble to help us with' extraordinary specimens.
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