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Southall-Norwood 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall-Norwood]
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requisites for the sick on presentation of a voucher signed by a District Nurse,
a Certified Midwife, or a Medical Practitioner. A small charge is made for the
loan of articles, and such money is used towards replacements.
The work of the Men's Brigade and of the Nursing Division is not
confined to the Station. All local sports meetings and public events are
attended, and members are also detailed for duty on important occasions in
Greater London.
The Council makes monetary grants towards these services.
Laboratory Work.
There has been no change in the arrangements for laboratory work since
my 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 shows the work done during the year 1935 (exclusive of work done for the Isolation Hospital).
Table No. 8.
| Positive. | Negative. | |
| Swabs for diphtheria | 40 | 561 |
| Sputa for tubercle | 33 | 114 |
| Widal reaction | - | 1 |
| Wasserman reaction | 2 | - |
| Swabs for puerperal pyrexia | 6 | 6 |
| *Swabs for cerebro-spinal meningitis | - | 3 |
| Smears for gonoccoci | 1 | - |
| Pus for tubercle | - | 1 |
| Total Examinations | 82 | 686 |
*Examined in the pathological laboratory of the Infants' Hospital, Vincent Square.
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 mileage for the year was 2,302.
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