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SECTION B.
GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR
THE AREA.
The following information is included and set out in such
form as required by the Ministry of Health Circular No. 1650
relative to the preparation of Annual Reports for the year 1937.
(1) Public Health Officers of the Authority.
A list of all health officers employed by the Council 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. Details of the work carried out in
the Council's laboratory will be found set out on page 55.
(b) Ambulance Facilities.
The ambulance arrangements of the Borough are both
adequate and up-to-date. Four motor ambulances for public
use are maintained and all are now equipped with outfits for the
administration of morphine sulphate by medical men in cases
of urgency.
The use these ambulances were put to during the year is
reflected in the following figures:—
Number of public calls dealt with during 1937 479
Number of private calls dealt with during 1937 667
The Joint Hospitals Committee maintain their own motor
ambulances for the removal of infectious patients to hospital,
and in addition the Middlesex County Council have a special
motor service for the removal of the many patients of the
Borough using the County hospitals.