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SECTION B.
GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR
THE AREA.
The following information is set out in accordance with the
instructions contained in the Ministry of Health Circular
No. 1417 relative to the preparation of Annual Reports for the
year 1934. So far as certain Health Services available to the
public are concerned, it is only necessary to indicate any
important changes or additions which have taken place,
without setting out full details which are required in a Survey
Report.
(1) PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICERS OF THE AUTHORITY.
A list of all health officers employed by the Borough is
incorporated at the beginning of the report.
(2) DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGES IN CERTAIN
SERVICES PROVIDED IN THE AREA.
(a) Laboratory Facilities.
No change has taken place in the arrangements for the
examination of clinical material submitted by medical men for
bacteriological examination.
(b) Ambulance Facilities.
The ambulance arrangements for the Borough are adequate
and efficient. The Council maintains four motor ambulances
for the use of the public and at the time of writing these
ambulances are being equipped with outfits for the administration
of morphine sulphate by medical men, should occasion
arise. The necessity of such general ambulance arrangements
is indicated by the following figures:—
Number of public calls dealt with during the year, 732.
Number of private calls dealt with during the year, 477.
In addition to the Council's Service, the Middlesex County
Council have a special service for the removal of the numerous