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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 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]

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Table: The proportion of specimens found to be positive out of all those submitted was 16.89 per cent.; (in the previous year, 11.65 per cent).

The proportion of specimens found to be positive out of all those submitted was 16.89 per cent.; (in the previous year, 11.65 per cent).

Nature of SpecimenResult of ExaminationTotal
NegativePositive
Swabs from nose and throat of suspected cases or carriers of diphtheria1,7561651,921
Sputa from cases suspected of or suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis596295891
Blood for Widal reaction and/or examination for presence of— B. TyphosusB. Paratyphosus A, B, and C B. Abortus235
Miscellaneous312253
Totals2,3854852,870

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During 1933, 24 vials of antitoxin were distributed free of cost
under the Antitoxin Order, 1910.
Disinfecting Department, 1933.
Details of work done in connection with the Disinfecting
Department are subjoined. In addition to the cases of infectious
diseases dealt with, notified compulsorily by medical men, the
following diseases were reported by parents, school teachers and
others, viz.: measles (650), chicken-pox (537), cancer (69),
whooping cough (639), and others (scabies, ringworm, etc.), not
classified (1,007); 594 verminous houses (1,041 rooms) and 591
verminous articles, bedding (423), and clothing (168), were also
dealt with.