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GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES.
LABORATORY FACILITIES.
No alteration has taken place in laboratory facilities during 1934.
The following is a statement of the examinations made during the
year.
Swabs examined for Diphtheria:—Positive, 412; Negative, 2,609.
Specimens of Sputa examined for Tuberculosis:—Positive, 34;
Negative, 188.
Virulence tests, Diphtheria:- Positive, 5; Negative, 1.
Blood examined for Typhoid group:—Positive, 1; Negative, 1.
Hairs examined for RingwormPositive, 2; Negative, 5.
Fluid from pleural effusion examined for Tuberculosis :—Negative, 1.
AMBULANCE FACILITIES.
The ambulance facilities for the district are mentioned in the 1930
Report. No alteration has taken place in the number of vehicles owned
and controlled by the Council, but during 1934 a new Daimler Ambulance
was acquired to replace one that had been in use since 1915.
The Superintendent of the Fire Brigade, to whose department the
Tottenham Ambulance Service has been committed, has furnished me
with the following table, which relates to non-infectious cases only:-