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Wandsworth 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Five of these were of infants under one year, four from one
to five years, and 10 over five years.
As in previous years, inquiries were made from the medical
attendant, and in all the cases, with the exception of two, due to
Posterior-basic Meningitis, the disease was stated to have been
Simple Meningitis.
Bacteriological Examinations.
During the year 318 bacteriological examinations were made
at the Lister Institute, compared with 397 in 1909, 491 in 1908,
466 in 1907, 407 in 1906, 174 in 1905, 121 in 1904, 125 in 1903, 98
in 1902, and 66 in 1901.
The following Table shows the number of examinations in each sub-district and for the whole Borough, also the disease for which the examination was made and the result of such examination.
| Clapham, | Putney. | Streat-ham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | Whole Borough. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Negative | 24 | 31 | 62 | 16 | 85 | 218 |
| Positive | 6 | 7 | 24 | 11 | 23 | 71 |
| Negative | ... | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| Positive | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| Totals | 31 | 41 | 98 | 33 | 115 | 318 |
In 71 out of 289 examinations for the bacillus of Diphtheria
the result was positive, and in 14 out of 29 examinations of blood
in suspected cases of Enteric Fever, the Widal reaction was
obtained.