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Section B—Health Services.
Laboratory Facilities
The Public Analyst appointed by the Council is Mr. D. D. Moir,
whose laboratories are at 16, Southwark Street, S.E.I. To him are sent
samples of food, drugs and water for examination under the Food and
Drugs Act and all relevant Acts, Regulations and Orders.
The bacteriological examinations for food poisoning and of milk,
water and ice cream are carried out at the Epsom Public Health Laboratory.
For the routine laboratory examination of clinical material in respect
of infectious disease, use is made of the Hospital Laboratory Services
mainly at St. Helier Hospital. The following examinations were made
during the year:—
Faeces Specimens 60
Water (Public Supply):
For chemical analysis 3
For bacteriological examination 5
Water (Swimming Baths)
For bacteriological examinations 22
Food and Drugs:
Analysis 278
Bacteriological examination of milk 182
Bacteriological examination of ice cream 102
Bacteriological examination of other foods 3
Vaccination and Immunisation
The responsibility for schemes of vaccination and immunisation rests
on the County Council in accordance with section 26 of the National
Health Service Act. The diseases against which this protective treatment
is provided by the County Council are smallpox, diphtheria, whooping
cough, tetanus, poliomyelitis and tuberculosis. By arrangement with the
district councils, the schemes in respect of the first four mentioned infections
is directed locally by the District Medical Officers of Health. The
scheme in respect of poliomyelitis is in the hands of the Divisional Medical
Officers, whilst B.C.G. vaccination against tuberculosis is carried out as
part of the School Health Service.
Protection against yellow fever can be had on payment at a special
centre established in Kingston-on-Thames. Vaccination against other
tropical diseases can be obtained at the following centres:—
The London School of Tropical Medicine, St. Mary's Hospital,
Paddington.
B.O.A.C. Airways House, Victoria, S.W.I.
The work done under the County Council's arrangements is given in
Section F.
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