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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 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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| Year. | Sputa. Suspected Tuberculosis. Tub.Bac.found. | Blood. Suspected Typhoid or Enteric Fever. Reaction obtained. | Throat & Nose. Membranes and Secretions. Suspected Diphtheria. Klebs-Loeffler Bac. found. | Other Sundry Samples. Result obtained. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Neg. | Total | Pos. | Neg. | Total | Pos. | Neg. | Total | Pos. | Neg. | Total | |
| 1923 | 17 | 218 | 235 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 564 | 571 | 1 | 2 | 3* |
| 1922 | 26 | 248 | 274 | — | 11 | 11 | 15 | 682 | 697 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 1921 | 31 | 225 | 256 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 719 | 734 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1920 | 21 | 280 | 301 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 697 | 709 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 1919 | 45 | 315 | 360 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 21 | 487 | 508 | - | 12 | 12 |
| 1918 | 70 | 299 | 369 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 354 | 368 | - | 2 | 2 |
| Averages of 10 years | ||||||||||||
| 62.8 | 124.4 | 187.2 | 19.4 | 39.6 | 59.0 | 36.6 | 448.6 | 485.2 | 3.7 | 9.1 | 12.8 | |
| 190.2 | 404.0 | 594.2 | 11.2 | 22.3 | 33.5 | 58.2 | 597.8 | 656.0 | 5.6 | 12.3 | 17.9 | |
* Smearings from eyes for gonococcus (2 negative), and uterine discharge for blood (1 positive).
78 vials of antitoxin were distributed free of cost, under the Antitoxin Order, 1910.
N.B.-Since the Bacteriological Laboratory was inaugurated in 1899 (up to end of the year 1923), 25,875 examinations have
been conducted there in connection with the following suspected diseases, viz. :-tuberculosis 9,258 ; typhoid or enteric fever,
1,208 ; diphtheria, 15,059 ; and others, 350.