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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

Southgate 1904

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]

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(3) After rooms have been disinfected the wall papers are
stripped from the walls and burnt, and ceilings, walls, and all
surfaces are thoroughly washed.
Diagnosis Outfits.—The diagnosis outfits provided by the
Council for the use of the medical practitioners in the District
for sending morbid specimens from suspected cases of Diphtheria,
Typhoid Fever, and Phthisis to the Lister Institute of Preventive
Medicine for bacteriological examination and report have been
made extensive use of, and continue to prove of great service in
establishing a correct diagnosis in these diseases, to the advantage
of the general public health, as well as of those more
immediately concerned.

Table: During the year 51 specimens were sent and reports received as follows:—

During the year 51 specimens were sent and reports received as follows:—

Date.Disease Suspected.Report.
January 1DiphtheriaNegative.
,, 7Enteric FeverNegative.
,, 23DiphtheriaNegative.
,, 27DiphtheriaNegative.
February 2DiphtheriaPositive.
,, 4PhthisisPositive.
,, 9DiphtheriaPositive.
,, 10DiphtheriaNegative.
,, 10DiphtheriaNegative.
,, 15Enteric FeverNegative.
,, 17DiphtheriaPositive.
,, 19PhthisisNegative.
,, 24DiphtheriaNegative.
,, 27Enteric FeverNegative.
March 4Enteric FeverNegative.
,, 11PhthisisPositive.
,, 11Enteric FeverNegative.
,, 12PhthisisNegative.
,, 15Enteric FeverNegative.
,, 16Enteric FeverNegative.
,, 21Enteric FeverNegative.
April 12DiphtheriaPositive.
,, 15DiphtheriaNegative.
,, 16DiphtheriaNegative.
May 4DiphtheriaNegative.
,, 4DiphtheriaNegative.
,, 4DiphtheriaNegative.
,,5DiphtheriaNegative.
,, 11DiphtheriaNegative.
,, 12DiphtheriaNegative.
,, 20DiphtheriaPositive.
,, 25DiphtheriaPositive.
,, 31DiphtheriaNegative.
June 3DiphtheriaPositive.
,, 11DiphtheriaNegative.