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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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albumen) 1 (positive), urethal discharge (for tubercle bacilli) 1 (negative), uterine smear (for staphylococci) 1 positive), and fœces (for blood) 1 (negative). The pus smearings were from the eyes (1), urethra (17), and vagina (10).
| 1913. | Sputa— Tub. Bac. found. | Bloods— Typhoid reaction obtained. | Throat and Nose Membranes and Discharges— Klebs. I.ceffler Diphtheria Bac. found. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes. | No. | Total. | Yes. | No. | Tota l. | Yes. | No. | Tota l. | |
| January | 63 | 43 | 106 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 27 |
| February | 56 | 68 | 12 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 38 |
| March | 48 | 92 | 140 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 56 | 69 |
| April | 56 | 108 | 164 | — | 2 | 2 | 7 | 38 | 45 |
| May | 42 | 65 | 107 | - | 1 | 1 | 12 | 65 | 77 |
| June | 35 | 49 | 84 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 45 | 52 |
| July | 31 | 57 | 88 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 44 | 46 |
| August | 54 | 52 | 166 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 32 |
| September | 55 | 77 | 132 | — | 2 | 2 | 6 | 103 | 109 |
| October | 63 | 76 | 139 | — | 1 | 1 | 10 | 120 | 130 |
| November | 58 | 84 | 142 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 105 | 115 | |
| December | 53 | 99 | 152 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 53 | 204 | 257 |
| TOTALS | 614 | 370 | 1484 | 12 | 35 | 47 | 130 | 867 | 997 |
| N.B.—37 other samples were also examined during 1913, viz.: Hairs (2), Fœces (1), Pus Smearings (30), Urine (4). | |||||||||
Antitoxin.
The Borough Council distributed during 1913, free of
cost to medical practitioners practising in the Borough, 50
vials of antitoxin under the Antitoxin Order, 1910.