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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 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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The inicro-organisms were separated by being grown cn
nutrient gelatine for three days, and were found, on microscopic
examination, to be the following:—Proteus Zenkeri, bacillus
prodigiosus, proteus vulgaris, bacillus fluorescens, bacillus
liquefaciens, micrococci, sarcince, torulce, staphylococcus,
pyogenes aureus, streptococcus, bacillus coli, bacillus subtil is,
various moulds, &c., &c.
No specific pathological organisms, which are associated with the well-known infectious diseases, were found.
| 1907. | Sputa. Tub. Bac. found. | *Bloods. Typhoid reaction obtained. | Throat and Nose Membranes and Discharges. Klebs-Lceffler Bac. found. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No. | Total. | Yes. | No. | Total. | Yes. | No. | Total. | |
| January | 4 | 18 | 22 | - | 4 | 4 | - | 42 | 42 |
| February | 5 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 22 |
| March | 10 | 16 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 141 | 142 |
| April | 3 | 14 | 17 | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 28 |
| May | 7 | 17 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 36 |
| June | 4 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | — | 27 | 27 |
| July | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 38 |
| August | 3 | 8 | 11 | — | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 22 |
| September | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 44 |
| October | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 38 |
| November | 4 | 9 | 13 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 51 |
| December | 2 | 15 | 17 | — | 3 | 3 | 3 | 45 | 48 |
| Totals | 48 | 142 | 190 | 12 | 36 | 48 | 26 | 512 | 538 |
* In 10 samples (i.e., 83'3 per cent.) of suspected Typhoid Fever blood,
in connection with which there was a reaction, the reaction was slightly (or
feebly) marked.
N.B.—10 other samples were also examined during 1907, viz.: foeces 1, urines 3, cancer
growth 1, suspected anthrax discharges 4, andbrush head 1.