Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 |
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Blood Counts | — | — | 65 |
Blood—Haemoglobin Estimation | — | — | 263 |
Blood—Kahn Reaction | — | — | 150 |
Blood—Rhesus Factor | — | — | 150 |
Blood—Grouping | — | — | 151 |
Blood—Sedimentation Rate | — | — | — |
Eye swabs for organisms | — | 4 | 4 |
Faeces for the presence of organisms | 450 | 1,777 | 2,227 |
Per-nasal Swabs for H. Pertussis | — | — | — |
Swabs for presence of C. Diphtheria: (a) From Suspect Cases | 11 | 11 | |
(b) From Contacts | — | 30 | 30 |
(c) From Carriers and old cases, etc. | — | — | — |
Swabs for presence of Haemolytic Streptococci | 253 | 1,301 | 1,554 |
Swabs for presence of Vincent's Angina | — | 10 | 10 |
Urines | — | — | 265 |
Vaginal swabs for presence of organisms | — | — | — |
,, ,, ,, ,, ,, Trich. Vag. | 1 | 38 | 39 |
Swabs from Vesicle | — | 1 | 1 |
Ear swabs | — | — | 1 |
Sputum for Tubercle Bacilli | — | 1 | 1 |
Milk Bottle | — | — | 1 |
Blancmange | — | — | 1 |
Cervical Swab | — | — | 2 |
Swab from finger | — | — | 1 |
Pus from ear | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Total | 4,930 |