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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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Specimens sent to Clinical Research Association during 1938:—
| Positive. | Negative. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blood for Widal Test (Typhoid | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| Faeces | - | 12 | 12 |
| Rectal Swabs | - | - | - |
| Blood (Wasserman Test) | - | 1 | 1 |
| Cerebro-spinal Fluid | - | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 25 | 27 |
Specimens sent to laboratory at the Prince of Wales's Hospital during 1938:—
| Positive. | Negative. | |
|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria swabs for virulence test | 11 | 6 |
| Failing to incubate Diphtheria Bacilli | - | 17 |
| Rectal swabs | 18 | 55 |
| Swabs for Meningococci | 1 | 1 |
| Swabs for Streptococci | - | 2 |
| Swabs for Gonococci | - | 1 |
| Faeces | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | 83 | |
| Total | 114 |
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF MILK.
This work has followed mainly along the routine lines of the
past two years, with the addition of the phosphatase test as a standard
method of investigation. On the whole, the results of the examinations
carried out approximate closely to those of previous years,
the standard remaining satisfactorily high, with a few unrelated
exceptions. As stated in previous reports, any marked lowering
of the general standard, together with the presence of obvious
defects in processing, are immediately reported to the appropriate
authority. It will be noted that this year no tuberculosis bacilli
were found in any of the samples examined, a very definite step
in a forward direction from the results of 1937, when two samples
out of 104 were found to contain such organisms.
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