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SECTION B - GENERAL PROVISION OP
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 year: .
Nose and throat swabs 71
Faeces for the typhoid and dysentery groups 512
Ice-cream samples 67
Milk samples 105
Water samples 74
Miscellaneous 2
831
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 were carried out during the year at the Royal
Institute of Public Health and Hygiene Laboratory, Queen Square, W.C.I,
but this arrangement was discontinued at the end of the year and future
examinations will be done at the Public Health Laboratory at Epsom.
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