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Croydon 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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ENTERIC (TYPHOID) FEVER. —The value of the serum test was
again manifested. During the year there were 55 completed cases
of enteric fever treated at the Borough Hospital, and of these 51 gave
a positive re-action. Of the remaining four cases two gave a positive
re-action with the paratyphoid organism, the other two were not tested
with that organism but had all the clinical signs of paratyphoid fever.
The total number of specimens from suspected enteric fever patients
amounted to 132, of which 83 were received from medical men in the
borough, and 49 examinations were made of patients in the Borough
Hospital.
The following table gives a summary of the serum re-actions
obtained in the laboratory during 1908 :—
RESULTS OF EXAMINATIONS FOR DISEASES SIMULATING ENTERIC FEVER.
| 1903. | Examinations for Borough. | Examinations for Hospital. | Total. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agglutinative Reactions. | Agglutinative Reactions. | Agglutinative Reactions for all purposes. | |||||||
| + | — | Total | + | — | Tota! | + | — | Total | |
| January | 1 | 3 | 4 | — | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| February | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| March | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| April | — | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | 5 | 5 | |
| May | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| June | 9 | 14 | 23 | 4 | — | 4 | 13 | 14 | 27 |
| July | 1 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 21 |
| August | — | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| September | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| October | 6 | 9 | 15 | — | — | — | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| November | 1 | 4 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| December | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 4 |
| First Quarter | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 18 |
| Second „ | 9 | 20 | 29 | 5 | — | 5 | 14 | 20 | 34 |
| Third „ | 6 | 16 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 33 | 28 | 27 | 55 |
| Fourth | 7 | 17 | 24 | — | 1 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 25 |
| Total | 23 | 60 | 83 | 28 | 21 | 49 | 51 | 81 | 132 |