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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Ilford 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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Specimens for diagnosis of Venereal Disease are examined at the
London Hospital; for Tuberculosis at the Counties' Public Health
Laboratories.
Blood cultures and swabs for the presence of hæmolytic
streptococci are sent to Charing Cross Hospital Institute of
Pathology. Chemical and bacteriological examination of milk
samples is carried out at the Clinical Research Association.
Examinations of such urgent specimens as Diphtheria swabs
are carried out at the Ilford Public Health Offices. The accompanying
table shows that 1,039 specimens have been examined at
the Ilford Laboratory during the past year.