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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| By the Physician at the Centre | Sent to a Pathological Centre | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| PATHOLOGICAL WORK -NUMBER OF SPECIMENS EXAMINED | Microscopical: for Syphi1is | — | 3 |
| Microscopical: others | — | 691 | |
| Cultural | — | 389 | |
| Serum: for Syphi1is | — | 605 | |
| " Others | — | 279 | |
| Cerebro Spinal Fluid (Number of diagnos | |||
| tic lumbar punctures | — | 16 | |
SERVICES RENDERED AT THE TREATMENT CENTRE DURING THE YEAR
MINOR AREAS MAY BE GROUPED AS "ALL OTHERS")
| County, County Borough (England and Wales) and Others | Syphi1is | Gonorrhoea | Other Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croydon | 10 | 31 | 217 |
| Surrey | 2 | 9 | 105 |
| Kent | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| London | 1 | 8 | 33 |
| 14 | 49 | 375 |
PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE
Very considerable use has been made of the facilities for
bacteriological and other laboratory examinations of Public
Health nature. I take this opportunity to thank Dr. A.J.H.
Tomlinson, the Director of the Bacteriological Laboratory,
County Hall, S.E.1, for his ready assistance and most helpful
advice, which have been available at all times.
The following figures show the work carried out during the year under review:-
| Faeces outfits | 5,963 |
| Water samples | 278 |
| Milk samples | 258 |
| Ice Cream samples | 159 |
| Sundry Pood Specimens | 42 |
| 6,700 | |