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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 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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Work carried out at the Council's laboratory:
| HOSPITAL Positive | BOROUGH Positive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Negative | Negative | |||
| Swabs for Diphtheria bacilli | 106 | 1822 | 14 | . 275 - |
| Swabs for Vincents Angina | - | 1 | - | - |
| Swabs for Haemolytic Streptococci | - | 2 | - | 30 |
| Sputa for Tubercle bacilli | - | - | 10 | 129 |
| Total | 2,389 | (1940. 2,226) | ||
Specimens sent to Clinical Research Association;
Faeces for Typhoid - Negative 7
positive 4
Blood " " Negative 5
Nasopharyngeal swab Negative 1
Sputum for tubercle bacilli Negative 1
Specimens sent to laboratory at Prince of.
Wales's Hospital.
Cerebro-spinal fluid Negative 4.
Positive 7
Swabs for meningococci Negative 12
Faeces for typhoid " 3
" " dysentery Positive 1
Blood for typhoid Negative 4
" " paratyphoid Positive 2
" " dysentery Negative 1
" " blood county etc. 1
Urine for staphylococcus aureus Positive 1
Pus " " " Positive 2
Swab " " " Negative 1
Swabs for virulence test Negative 2
Negative swabs 4
Swab for K.L. B. Negative 1
Swabs for haemolytic streptococci " 3
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