Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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Public Vaccinators.
P. O'Mallcy, M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O., N.U.I.
G. G. Lawson, M.B., Ch.B., D.P.H.
D. M. Clune, M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O., N.U.I.
A. M. Foxe, M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O., N.U.I.
Vaccination Officers.
E. J. A. Holt. C. R. Fifer.
Other Officers.
Cyril Dickinson, B.Sc., F.I.C., F.C.S. (Public Analyst).
Tuberculosis Dispensary.
Secretary and Dispenser, Florence Nightingale (Certificate of Apothecaries
Society, London).
Nurses.
M. E. Bennett, Cert. of Sanitary Institute, S.R.N.
F. C. Rogers, C.M.B., S.R.N.
F. K. Jay, C.M.B., S.R.N. (Died February 13th, 1934).
E. Plummer, C.M.B., S.R.N., Certified Health Visitor. (Appointed June
19, 1934.)
GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES.
(a) Laboratory Facilities.—The Chemical and Bacteriological
Laboratories are maintained by the Council under the direct control
of the Public Analyst, who is a full-time officer. Chemical analyses are
undertaken of all samples submitted under the Food and Drug Acts and
Regulations, together with any other analytical work or investigations
required.
Bacteriological examinations of Sputa for Tubercle, Swabs for
Diphtheria and Blood for the Widal reaction for Typhoid are made
for Medical Practitioners in the Borough and for the Tuberculosis
Dispensary.
(b) Ambulance Facilities.—The arrangements for the removal of
(a) infectious cases and (b) maternity patients are satisfactory. No
change has been made during the year.
(c) Nursing in the Home.—General Nursing is carried out by the
Ranyard Nurses, the Benson Nursing Association (which is subsidised