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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

Croydon 1943

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: Croydon Borough Hospital Laboratory Report.DIPHTHERIA (Swabs examined).

Croydon Borough Hospital Laboratory Report.

DIPHTHERIA (Swabs examined).

Positive on Admission.Positives during ConvalescenceNegativesTotal Examined
50633,7203,833

Table: FÆCES EXAMINED FOR ENTERIC AND DYSENTERY GROUPS.

FÆCES EXAMINED FOR ENTERIC AND DYSENTERY GROUPS.

Positive B. Morgan No. 1Dysentery (Sonne)B. TyphosusB. Para-Typhosus B.NegativesTotal Examined
210215469

Table: SPUTUMS EXAMINED FOR PRESENCE OF T.B.

SPUTUMS EXAMINED FOR PRESENCE OF T.B.

Positives.NegativesTotal
077

Table: CEREBRO-SPINAL FLUIDS EXAMINED FOR ORGANISMS.

CEREBRO-SPINAL FLUIDS EXAMINED FOR ORGANISMS.

MeningococccsHaemolytic Streptococcus LongusNegativesTotal Examined
31610

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Miscellaneous Examinations.
Urines : routine examinations and cultured for organisms, 35.
Eye Swabs: 7 examined, 1 Gonococci present, 3 Staphylococcus
Aureas grown, 3 sterile.