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 Hornsey, Borough of]
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PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS
Throat and Nose Swabs | ||
Diphtheria bacilli | . | |
Haemolytic streptococci | 53 | |
Vincents angina | 3 | |
Negative | 151 | |
— | 207 | |
Faeces | ||
Shigella | 226 | |
Salmonella | 36 | |
Protozoa | . | |
Negative | 790 | |
— | 1,052 | |
Sputum | ||
Tubercular smear | 4 | |
Other organisms | 28 | |
Negative | 26 | |
— | 58 | |
Pertussis | ||
Negative | 4 | |
— | 4 | |
Milk | ||
Ice cream | 36 | |
Pasteurized | 62 | |
Other | 12 | |
— | 110 | |
Water | ||
Domestic supplies, etc. | 1 | |
Swimming pools | 2 | |
— | 3 | |
Miscellaneous | 265 | |
1,699 |