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Southall-Norwood 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall-Norwood]
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Laboratory Work.
There has been 110 change in the arrangements for laboratory work
since the last report.
The Council affords facilities to all medical men practising in the district
for the examination of pathological specimens, and this work is carried
out by the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine.
The following table, Table No. 8, shows the work done during the year
1934, (exclusive of work done for the Isolation Hospital).
Table No . 8.
| Positive. | Negative. | |
|---|---|---|
| Swabs for diphtheria | 75 | 677 |
| Sputa for Tubercle | 23 | 124 |
| Widal Reaction | — | — |
| Wasserman Reaction | 2 | — |
| Urine for Tubercle | — | 1 |
| Swabs for Puerperal Pyrexia | — | 9 |
| Swabs for Cerebro-spinal meningitis | — | 3 |
| Smears for Gonoccoci | — | 1 |
| Pleural fluid for Tubercle | — | 1 |
| Total Examinations | 100 | 816 |
Ambulance Facilities.
For Infectious Cases.
A Morris motor ambulance, purchased in October 1929, is in use for
conveying infectious patients to hospital and for disinfection work. The
ambulance was overhauled during the year and during the time it was out
of commission one of the Fire Brigade ambulances was used.
The mileage for the year was 2,875.
For non-infectious and accident cases.
Two motor ambulances under the charge of the Chief Officer of the
Fire Brigade are provided by the Council for the use of residents, to remove
non-infectious and accident cases to hospital and for other ambulance work.
One ambulance is a W. & G. du Cros, purchased in January, 1930,
and the other is a Commer De Luxe, purchased in July, 1932.
Prompt and efficient service continues to be rendered.
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