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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 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, The Vestry of the Parish of]
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experience is that pseudo-throats are infectious, and in all
cases, therefore, the usual precautions have been taken
(viz., notification, isolation, disinfection, etc.), but as
Medical Officer I still do not feel justified in recommending
removal to hospital, as 1 am not yet satisfied that it would
be right to place a pseudo patient in a ward full of acute
Klebs-Lcefller patients.
Other examinations.
One sample of suspected hydatid liver was submitted and examined, and the hydatids were found.
| Sputa. Tub. Bac. found. | *Bloods. Typhoid reaction obtained. | Throat Membranes and Discharges. Klebs-Loeffler bac. found. | Other Exams. † Bacilli found. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | Yes | No. | Total. | Yes. | No. | Total. | Yes. | No. | Total. | Yes. | No. | Total. |
| Jan. | 5 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 32 | — | — | -_ |
| FEb. | 4 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 20 | 27 | — | — | — |
| Mar. | 1 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 29 | — | — | — |
| April | 2 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 26 | — | — | — |
| May | 5 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 33 | — | — | — |
| June | 4 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 29 | — | — | — |
| July | 6 | 4 | 10 | — | 7 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 34 | — | — | — |
| Aug. | 6 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 29 | — | — | — |
| Sept. | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 38 | 45 | — | — | — |
| Oct. | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 67 | 74 | — | — | — |
| Nov. | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 82 | 87 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Dec. | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 19 | 24 | — | — | — |
| Total | 43 | 75 | 118 | 63 | 47 | 115 | 95 | 374 | 469 | 1 | — | 1 |
| *Slight or feeble reaction in five of the cases. †A case of suspected hydatids in Liver. | ||||||||||||