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STAFF
A full list of the staff of the Health Department appears at the beginning of this report.
LABORATORY FACILITIES
The Council's Laboratory is situated at the Dispensary, 114, New King's Road. It is equipped
for all routine bacteriological work and during the year 3.388 specimens were examined.
Arrangements were made with the Clinical Research Association for the examination of specimens
during week-ends, holidays and emergencies, 469 specimens being reported on during the year.
SPECIMENS EXAMINED
Specimens
At Council's
Laboratory
By Clinical
Research
Association
Total
examined
Material from cases of suspected Diphtheria :
Diphtheria isolated
67
23
90
Negative result
1,287
370
l,657
Virulence test—result negative
-
1
1
1,354
394
1,748
Blood from cases of Enteric Fever:
Agglutination reaction for Typhoid or
Para-Typhoid obtained
-
-
-
Negative result
3
-
3
Pathological specimens for Enteric Organisms:
3
3
Positive result
4
-
4
Negative result
34
1
35
38
1
39
Sputa from cases of suspected Tuberculosis:
Tubercle bacilli found
307
13
320
Tubercle bacilli not found
1,199
34
1,233
1,506
47
1,553
Swabs from suspected Gonorrhoea:
Gonococcus found
6
—
6
Gonococcus not found
76
7
83
82
7
89
Eye Smears
-
2
2
Examinations of Urine
165
7
172
Throat Swabs, Hæmolytic Streps, etc.
164
7
171
Examinations of Ice Cream
33
—
33
Examinations of Water
2
1
3
Other Examinations
3
2
5
Milk
—
1
1
Special Examinations of:
Sputa
-
-
-
Urine
29
-
29
Faeces
9
—
9
38
-
38
Total Number of Examinations
3,388
469
3,857