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No woman failed to pass the examination.
If any defect required treatment or investigation, candidates
were informed that they should seek the advice of their own doctors
or dentists, and when indicated, a confidential clinical report was
forwarded to the doctor concerned.
No statistical comparisons or conclusions can be drawn from
the results of medical examination of a small selected population
sample comprising 45 men and 16 women. If, however, the sample
does not allow one to deduce probabilities concerning either those
examined or a much larger and more widely representative population,
at least one may hazard possibilities, finding, among other
things, cause for the heavy national demand on optical services,
and reason for the national provision for all persons of regular routine
health overhauls of such a type as is provided by the Borough Council
on initial consideration for established employment.
Laboratory Service.
The Public Health Laboratory Service provides a comprehensive
service for the bacteriological examination of specimens submitted
by general practitioners and local authorities. To relieve pressure
of work at their Edmonton Branch, it recently became necessary to
send all Tottenham specimens to a branch laboratory at Coppett's
Wood Hospital, Hornsey.
The existing system for the supply of containers and the delivery
of specimens by the Public Health Department remains unchanged.
Specimens may be sent to the Public Health Department,
and providing they reach there not later than 3.0 p.m. on Monday
to Friday, and 11.0 a.m. on Saturday, they will be sent on the same
day by special messenger to the Hornsey laboratory. As it is not
possible to send a second messenger on any one day, it is essential
that specimens be delivered to the Town Hall before the times
stated. Alternatively, specimens may be sent direct to the Hornsey
laboratory, which remains open until 5.0 p.m. on Monday to
Friday, and 12 noon on Saturday.
A 24-hour emergency service is maintained by the Central
Laboratory at Colindale.