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The Council employs a part-time Analyst to carry out the
analysis of samples of water, milk, and various other foodstuffs.
He is also the Official Analyst under the Fertilisers and Feeding
Stuffs Act, 1926.
In addition to the above, any general practitioner on the
panel, by an arrangement between the West Ham Insurance Committee
and Queen Mary's Hospital, may have a pathological
report upon any case, or material if considered necessary.
It is hoped that a pathological laboratory will be established
at Whipps Cross Hospital in the near future
Supply of Insulin.
During the year six applications were received from West
Ham residents for a supply of Insulin, and in each case, owing
to lack of means, arrangements were made for this treatment to
be given free of charge.
Vaccination Acts, 1867 to 1907.
The following is a summary of the work carried out under
the above-mentioned Acts during the year ,1936:—
No. of Cases in Birth Lists received during the year 5472
No. of Certificates of Vaccination received 1224
No. of Certificates of Postponement owing to—
Health of Child 344
Condition of House —
Prevalence of Infectious Disease —
No. of Certificates under Section 2 of Vaccination Act,
1898, and No. of Statutory Declarations under
Section 1 of the Vaccination Act, 1907 2990
No. of Certificates of Insusceptibility or of having had
Smallpox 9
No of Cases—
Parents removed out of District 800
Otherwise not found 253
No. of Entries in Lists sent to Public Vaccinators 1418
AMBULANCE SERVICE.
The following ambulances are available for use by the general
public, but with certain reservations:—
Whipps Cross Hospital
(Public Assistance Committee) 5
Plaistow Fever Hospital
(Hospitals Committee) 2
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