[Interdistrict centralization of a pathologicoanatomic service in rural public health].

An inter-district division and inter-district center of pathological anatomy service combining 6 districts of Leningrad region have been organized on the basis of the centralized pathology department of Volkhov central district hospital. The paper describes the principles of organization of the work, arrangement and maintenance of the documentation, scientific organization of the work, rationalization, training of specialists, and the organizational and methodical role of the pathology unit in the work of therapeutic institutions.