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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

Hackney 1966

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICEBacteriological specimens are sent to the Public Health Laboratory at County Hall, S.F.1 and analysis of the 1,434 specimens submitted for examination is set out below:-

PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE

Bacteriological specimens are sent to the Public Health Laboratory at County Hall, S.F.1 and analysis of the 1,434 specimens submitted for examination is set out below:-

SpecimensNumberOrganismsResults
NegativePositive
Throat and Nose Swabs131Diphtheria Bacilli122-
Haemolytic Streptococci8833
Vincent's Angina1093
Staph. Mureus-1
Faeces and Rectal Swabs1,163Pathogens965-
Salmonella Brandenberg-16
Salmonella Kiambo-2
Salmonella Panama-1
Salmonella Paratyphi B-1
Salmonella Typhimurium-13
Shigella Sonnei-159
Salmonella Typhi-6
Drain Swabs4Pathogens4-
Urine134Pathogens134-
Sputum2Pathogens2-