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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Surbiton 1964

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]

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LABORATORY FACILITIES
Extensive use is made of the facilities provided by the Public
Health Laboratory Service (directed by the Medical Research Council
for the Ministry of Health); and opportunity is taken gratefully to
acknowledge the co-operation of Dr. D.R. Gamble and his staff at the
Epsom Laboratory to which our soecimens are taken.

Table: Apart from routine samples of water, milk, ice-cream and other food (details of which are given under other headings) the undermentioned specimens were collected by the inspectors in the course of investigating suspected cases of dysentery, para-typhoid, food poisoning, etc. and taken to the Laboratory.

Apart from routine samples of water, milk, ice-cream and other food (details of which are given under other headings) the undermentioned specimens were collected by the inspectors in the course of investigating suspected cases of dysentery, para-typhoid, food poisoning, etc. and taken to the Laboratory.

Year1955195619571958 i195919601961196219631964
Faeces3063,7042,256610 !1,177199167240825224
Suspected Food10624133635916319