Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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-Lœffler Bac. found | Other Sundry Samples. Result. obtained. | ||||||||
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Pos. | Neg. | Total | Pos. | Neg. | Total | Pos. | Neg. | Total | Pos. | Neg. | Total | |
11 | ||||||||||||
— | 12 | — | ||||||||||
17 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 1 | ||||||||
— | 11 | 15 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||
31 | 1 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
11 | 14 | |||||||||||
Average of 5 years 1920 1924 (Borough) | 1.0 | 13.0 | 5.2 | |||||||||
Averages of 10 years (a) 1901-1910 (Borough) | 124.4 | |||||||||||
594.2 | 33.5 | 5.6 |
* Smearing for gonococcus (1 negative and 1 positive) ; and suspected tuberculous pus (1 negative and 1 positive).
During 1925, 71 vials of antitoxin were distributed, free of cost, under the Antitoxin Order, 1910 (each vial containing 4000 or 6000
units in strength of antitoxin).
N.B.— Since the Bacteriological Laboratory was inaugurated in 1899 (up to the end of the year 1925), 27,854 examinations have been
conducted there in connection with the following suspected diseases, viz.:—tuberculosis 9,781; typhoid or enteric fever, 1,231; diphtheria
16,486; and others, 356.