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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Lambeth 1916
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1916
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TABLE R. Shewing the numbers of pathological samples examined and the results obtained at the Bacteriological Laboratory during 1916 and the previous 5 years 1911-1915, together with the averages for the 10 years 1901-1910 (Borough).
| Year. | Sputa. Suspected Tuberculosis. Tub.Bac.found. | Blood. Suspected Typhoid or Enteric Fever. Reaction obtained. | Throat & Nose. Membranes and Secretions. Suspected Diphtheria. Klebs-Lœffler Bac. found. | Other Sundry Samples. Result obtained. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Neg. | Total | Pos. | Neg. | Total | Pos. | Neg. | Total | Pos. | Neg. | Total | |
| 1916 | 126 | 346 | 472 | 5 | 23 | 28 | 33 | 407 | 440 | – | 6 | 6* |
| 1915 | 155 | 390 | 545 | 12 | 34 | 46 | 99 | 937 | 1036 | 8 | 24 | 32 |
| 1914 | 411 | 733 | 1144 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 108 | 730 | 838 | 6 | 12 | 18 |
| 1913 | 614 | 870 | 1484 | 12 | 35 | 47 | 130 | 867 | 997 | 18 | 19 | 37 |
| 1912 | 296 | 305 | 601 | 31 | 26 | 57 | 55 | 442 | 497 | 12 | 10 | 22 |
| 1911 | 87 | 139 | 226 | 22 | 33 | 55 | 78 | 589 | 667 | 7 | 21 | 28 |
| Average of 10 years 1901-1910 (Borough) | 62.8 | 124.4 | 187.2 | 19.4 | 39.6 | 59.0 | 36.6 | 448.6 | 485.2 | 3.7 | 9.1 | 12.8 |
* Hair for tinea tonsurans 1 (negative), urine for tubercle bacillus, 1 (negative) and swabs from throats and noses for
meningococcus 3 (negative), smearings from vagina for gonococcus 1 (negative).
N.B. —The Bacteriological Laboratory was originally established and fitted up in 1899 by the late Vestry, and since then
(up to the end of the year 1916), 19401 examinations have been conducted there, in connection with the following
suspected diseases, viz. : tuberculosis 7023, typhoid or enteric fever 1,104, diphtheria 10,972 and others 302.