[Report 1968] / School Medical Officer of Health, Dorset County Council.

  • Dorset (England). County Council.
Date:
1968
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Credit: [Report 1968] / School Medical Officer of Health, Dorset County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE The service provided by the Medical Research Council is closely linked with the prevention of illness and the detection of infectious disease. The routine laboratory work of this service is mainly concerned with the bacteriological examination of specimens from general practitioners, infectious diseases hospitals and local autliorities and all specimens from local or food authori- ties. The laboratories of the service normally do not undertake work which is rightly the province of the hospital or clinical pathologist. The closest co-operation exists between the laboratory service and medical officers of health, especially with regard to epidemiological problems which arise from time to time. The work in Dorset is covered by two laboratories, one in Dorchester and one in Boscombe, and we are most grateful for the help and advice readily given by their staffs.