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SECTION B. — GENERAL PROVISION OF
HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AREA.
LABORATORY FACILITIES
The Ministry of Health, Public Health Laboratory at Epsom is
available for the bacteriological examination of samples of milk, icecream
and water, swabs, sputum and other pathological specimens. In
addition the staff is always available to assist the Medical Officer of
Health in the investigation of any important outbreaks of disease.
The Laboratory at the Nelson Hospital, Merton, is also available
for the examination of pathological material, but in general, almost
all specimens submitted for examination from this Department are sent
to the Public Health Laboratory at Epsom.

Samples of milk and water requiring chemical analysis, and also
Food and Drug samples, are sent by the Corporation to the Public
Analyst. Biological examinations of milk are carried out at the Royal
Institute of Public Health and Hygiene Laboratory.
PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1936, PART IV. — NURSING HOMES.
The Wimbledon Borough Council is responsible for the registration
and supervision of Nursing Homes in the Borough. At the end of the
year there were six registered nursing homes providing a total of 90
beds. No new homes were registered. One maternity hospital and one
nursing home were exempted, on an annual basis, from registration
under Section 192 of the Public Health, 1936.
The nursing homes were periodically inspected and supervised.
Eight routine visits were made during the year.
The nursing homes in Wimbledon were again found to be maintained
and run in a satisfactory manner. Close supervision was paid
during the visits to the way in which the records of the homes were
kept, that proper attention was being paid to fire precautions, and the
Council's byelaws were being complied with.
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