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BACTERIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS.
Number of specimens examined by the Public Analyst 2,715
Positive results 431
PRESERVATIVES IN FOOD.
2003 Samples of Foods and Drugs, both formal and informal, have
been examined by the Public Analyst.
Nearly all these samples have been tested for preservatives, as the
practice in the Public Analyst's department is to examine for preservatives
all articles of food which experience has shown are liable to
contain them.
Details of the above matters are given in full in the reports sent by
the Public Analyst to the Ministry of Health in each quarter of the
year.
Cyril Dickinson,
Public Analyst.
TUBERCULOSIS SCHEMES.
The Borough Council has for some years carried out a scheme for
dealing with Tuberculosis, and tho cases in Southwark are visited by
a staff of specially trained nurses from the Municipal Dispensary, which
also is a centre for tho treatment of out-patients, and for the examination
of suspects or contacts. Through this dispensary also pass all cases who
are admitted and discharged from Hospital or Sanatoria. Arrangements
are made for the examination of Sputa, X-ray examination and treatment
by artificial pneumothorax or ultra-violet rays. The dispensary is under
tho charge of a Tuberculosis Medical Officer, who is a whole-time officer
of the Council.
The general supervision of all the notified cases, whether attending
the dispensary or not, is carried out by the Public Health Department
where the Statutory Register and records of all notified cases are kept.
The whole of the above work is under the supervision of the Medical
Officer of Health as Administrative Tuberculosis Officer.