[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough.

  • Finsbury (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1959?]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    13 SECTION B GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES Health Centre The Council continued to maintain the Health Centre for the administration of the Public Health Services and arrangements continued in force for the use by the Regional Hospital Board and by the London County Council of those portions of the building which were occupied by services transferred to those bodies under the National Health Service Act 1946. The Council also continued to act as an agent for the Regional Hospital Board in respect of certain services controlled by them. There is no doubt that the Centre continues to be of value to the public not only for the services available but as a place to which they may readily come for help and advice in regard to many health problems. Numerous individual visitors and organised parties both from this country and overseas visited the Health Centre during 1958. All reasonable requests to visit the Health Centre were granted as the exchange of views and information thus afforded is of mutual benefit. Laboratory The laboratory in the Health Centre has been maintained jointly with the Regional Hospital Board since 1948 and undertakes the routine work of the Public Health Department in the control of infectious disease and the bacteriological examination of milk and other food stuffs and has operated in close association with the Central Public Health laboratory service in Colindale. In addition it continues to undertake simple routine pathology on behalf of the Chest Clinic, other clinics in the Health Centre and of medical practitioners in the district. A particular feature has been the large use made of the facilities for the taking and examination of swabs for the early diagnosis of Whooping Cough. This has been of particular value.