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Harrow 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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duction of a byelaw which would have required those working in licensed
premises to have attained a certain standard of training. Permission
to make such a byelaw, however, was withheld. Those best qualified,
namely, the members of the Charterd Society of Physio-Therapy, are
excluded from the provisions of the sections, so presumably even if power
is given to the making of a byelaw it will not be possible to insist on
this standard of qualification.
The following is a summary of the extent to which the ambulances and the sitting-case cars have been used during the year, with last year's figures for comparison :
| 1947. | 1946. | |
|---|---|---|
| Traffic accidents | 306 | 297 |
| Other accidents, including street illness | 499 | 483 |
| Maternity removals | 429 | 463 |
| Sick removals, to and from Hospitals | 9,689 | 5,920 |
| 10,923 | 7,163 |
The ambulance service under the provisions of the National Health
Service Act passes to the County Council as Local Health Authority.
It is proposed it shall be run in association with the Fire Service and
its administration will not be delegated to the Area Committee.
LABORATORY FACILITIES.
The very satisfactory arrangements by which the public health
laboratory work of this district is undertaken at the Central Laboratory,
Colindale, continued to work smoothly. During the year 603 nose and
throat swabs from this district were examined for K.L.B., hsemolytic
streptococci, and the organisms of Vincent's angina ; 128 specimens of
faeces for organisms of dysentery or food poisoning ; 32 specimens of
sputum for the tubercle bacillus ; 5 specimens for the presence of the
whooping-cough organism. In addition 39 samples of milk were
examined.
The service of the laboratory was of inestimable help in the investigation
of the origin and the control of the outbreak of intestinal infection
in a children's home in the autumn.