Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1911]
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Bacteriological Examinations.
During the year 1911, 612 bacteriological examinations of specimens sent in by medical practitioners practising in the Borough of Battersea have been made at the Clinical Research Association Laboratories at a cost of £21 0s. 0d. particulars of which are set out in the following table.
Suspected disease. | Positive Results. | Negative Results. | Total. |
---|---|---|---|
Diphtheria | 96 | 298 | 394 |
Enteric fever | 3 | 23 | 26 |
Tuberculosis | 55 | 133 | 188 |
Cerebro-spinal fever | — | 2 | 2 |
Other specimens | - | 2 | 2 |
Total | 154 | 458 | 612 |