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SECTION B
GENERAL PROVISIONS OF HEALTH SERVICES
1. (i) Public Health Officers.
The staff of the Public Health Department is as shown in
the preface to the report, where changes during the year have
been recorded.
It will be noted that Mr. H.T. Perry, Chief Sanitary
Inspector retired 30.6.52. He had completed 34 years
service with the Corporation which, with his previous service
elsewhere gave him over 40 years in local government
as a Sanitary Inspector.
During that time Mr, Perry had seen the Department grow
up and the work extend to the scale of present times, and to
him is due in large measure the character of the sanitary
practice in Kingston-upon-Thames today.
(ii) Laboratory Facilities.
During 1952 bacteriological examinations were carried
out by Dr. D.S. Murray at the Laboratory, 37 Coombe Road,
as part of a pathological service administered by the South
West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board. In addition,
the Ministry of Health Laboratory at Epsom is available for
consultations and, if an occasion should arise, for the
investigation of any important outbreaks of disease.
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There are also occasions on which special use is made
of the services of the Public Analyst in chemical sampling
which may become necessary in the interests of public health.
Bacteriological examinations of milk are undertaken by
the Ministry of Health Laboratory, Epsom, and by the
Clinical Research Association, and samples under the Food
and Drugs Acts are submitted to the Public Analyst,
(iii) Ambulance Facilities.
The ambulance service is provided by the Surrey County
Council from their control station for Kingston and the
surrounding area at Kingston Hospital, Wolverton Avenue,
and is supported by the St, John Ambulance Brigade from
their station in Fairfield Car Park.
(iv) Hospitals.
(a) Infectious Diseases.
The South West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board
is responsible for the provision of beds for cases of
infectious disease. Patients are admitted directly to
Tolworth Isolation Hospital, which is under the direction of
the Physician Superintendent of Kingston Hospital.