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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
Edmonton 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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LABORATORY SERVICE
The following specimens submitted from the Edmonton area were examined by the Medical Research Council Laboratory (Edmonton), during the year as follows:—
| Nature of Examination | Positive | Negative | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blood Counts | — | — | 47 |
| Blood—Haemoglobin Estimation | — | — | 387 |
| Blood—Kahn Reaction | — | — | 440 |
| Blood—Rhesus Factor | — | — | 444 |
| Blood—Grouping | — | — | 443 |
| Blood—Sedimentation Rate | — | — | 3 |
| Blood—Wassermann Reaction | — | — | 1 |
| Breast Milk for Fat Content | — | — | 2 |
| Cartons of Cream | — | — | 2 |
| Eye swabs for organisms | — | 4 | 4 |
| Faeces for the presence of organisms | 248 | 1283 | 1531 |
| Faeces for presence of roundworm | 1 | — | 1 |
| Hairs from scalp for presence of Ringworm | — | 2 | |
| Meat Loaf and Luncheon Sausage | — | 1 | 1 |
| Meat Pudding | — | — | 1 |
| Per-nasal swabs for H.Pertussis | — | 4 | |
| Perineal swab | — | — | 1 |
| Pus from neck gland | — | — | 1 |
| Pus from abscess in leg of mutton | — | — | 1 |
| Sardines | — | — | 1 |
| Swabs for presence of C. Diphtherias:— | |||
| — | 468 | 468 | |
| (b) From Contacts | — | 190 | 190 |
| (c) From Carriers and old cases, etc. | — | 285 | 285 |
| Swabs for presence of Haemolytic Streptococci | 591 | 3316 | 3907 |
| Swabs for presence of Vincent's Angina | 2 | 92 | 94 |
| Swab from Ulcer | — | 4 | 4 |
| Swab from Mouth Ulcer | — | 2 | 2 |
| Urines | — | — | 649 |
| Vaginal swabs for presence of organisms | — | 68 | 68 |
| Vesicle fluid | — | — | 2 |
| Water from storage cistern in school cloakroom | — | — | 1 |
| Total Number of Examinations | 8,987 | ||