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Section B.—GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES
IN THE AREA.
(a) Laboratory Facilities.
The Counties' Public Health Laboratories have removed their
staff to the Gidea Park College, Gidea Park, Essex, where the
laboratory is now installed.
The number of specimens from the district examined at the
Counties' Public Health Laboratories was as follows:—
Diphtheria 106
Sputa 123
Typhoid 36
Ringworm —
General 149
Milk and Ice Cream 23
Water 2
Sewage -
Total 439
(b) Ambulance Facilities.
The ambulance facilities are adequate for the district and there
was no change during the year.
The following is a summary of the work performed by the
Council's two ambulances during 1940 :
Private calls Accident calls
Council Service 876 95
St. John Ambulance Service 62 14
Total Mileage 16,324
(c) Nursing in. the Home.
No change.
(d) Clinics and Treatment Centres.
See Table of Clinics on Page 6.
(e) Hospitals.
No change.
(f) Midwives.
Number of nurse midwives employed by Chingford District
Nursing Association:—3.
County Council midwife for domiciliary service:—1 (Mrs. P. M.
Stenning, 237, Hall Lane, E.4. Tel. : Sil. 3263).
Independent midwife : 1.
During the year 2 registered Nursing Homes in the district
were closed, leaving one registered Home still receiving patients.
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