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SECTION B. - GENERAL PROVISION OF
HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AREA
LABORATORY FACILITIES
The Corporation's arrangements for the examination of pathological
material continued on similar lines to previous years. Bacteriological
examinations of milk, ice-cream, water, swabs, sputum and other pathological
specimens are undertaken by the Ministry of Health Public Health
Laboratory at Epsom. The Laboratory at the Nelson Hospital, Merton, is
also used for the examination of pathological specimens, and the Central
Public Health Laboratory at Colindale, N.W.9, is available for advice,
special immunising agents and special investigations. All examinations
carried out at these Laboratories are available to the Corporation free
of cost.
The following is a summary of the examinations made during the years-
Nose and throat swabs 110
Faeces for the typhoid and dysentery
groups 138
Ice-cream samples 91
Milk samples 137
Water samples 97
Miscellaneous 2
Total 575
Samples of milk and water requiring chemical analysis, and also Food and
Drug samples are sent by the Corporation to the Public Analyst, D.D. Moir,
M.Sc., F.R.I.C., Southwark Street, S.E.I. Biological examinations of milk
are carried out at the Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene Laboratory,
Queen Square, W.C.I.
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. Nine visits of inspection were
made during 1961.
No new Nursing Hones were registered during the year. One Maternity
Hospital and one Home for unmarried mothers were exempted, on an annual basis,
from registration under Section 192 of the Public Health Act 1936.
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