[Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Harwich Borough.

  • Harwich (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1939
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Credit: [Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Harwich Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    LABORATORY FACILITIES. There are at present no local facilities for laboratory work. Arrangements have been made with the County Council for the examination of all pathological specimens, apart from those connected, with venereal disease, at the Essex County Public Health Laboratory. All specimens which have been sent to the Laboratory have been promptly and efficiently dealt with. All venereal specimens are sent to one of the London hospitals in accordance with the London and Home Counties Venereal Disease Scheme Number of Specimens examined by the Bacteriologist for Essex from the Harwich Borough district during the year ended 31st Dec., 1938 :— SPECIMEN. NO. EXAMINED. Diphtheria 39 Sputa .. 60 Typhoid 1 Water — Ice Cream — Miscellaneous 18 Ringworm 4 122 AMBULANCE FACILITIES. Arrangements have been made with the Colchester authority for the removal of cases of infectious diseases to Hospital by means of a motor- ambulance. NURSING IN THE HOME. General.—There are 3 District Nurses in the borough. They are appointed and controlled by the Harwich and District Nursing Asso- ciation. This is a voluntary organisation, supported mainly by voluntary contributions, and has a committee of 12 ladies under the able chairman- ship of Mrs. R. A. Ward. It is affiliated to the Essex County Nursing Association, which makes an annual grant towards the nurses’ salaries.