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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
Bethnal Green 1913
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1913 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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OFFICIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR PATHOLOGICAL WORK.
Arrangements provided by the Council for the Diagnosis of Disease,
which are available for Practitioners, and the degree to which these
facilities are utilised.
A.—Pathological Work apart from such work at Isolation Hospitals.
| Arrangements made for examination of | Yes or No. | At what Institution or Laboratory. | Charge per examination. | Number of specimens examined during 1913. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a)to the Council if the exami-nation is made in a Laboratory not staffed by the Co???s own officers. | (b) to the Practitioner if any charge is made. | |||||
| 1. Serum for Widal reaction | Yes | Clinical Research Association | 3/- | None | 17 | |
| 2. (a) Serum for Wasser-mann reaction | No | None | — | — | — | |
| (b) Examination for Spirochaetes | No | None | — | — | — | |
| 3. Blood for Malaria | No | None | — | — | — | |
| 4. Other blood examina-tions | No | None | — | — | — | |
| 5. Bacteriological exami-nation of blood &c., in Puerperal Fever | No | None | — | — | — | |
| 6. Cerebro spinal fluid for determination of in-fecting organism and for enumeration of cells | No | None | — | — | — | |
| 7. Swabs for Diphtheria | Yes | Clinical Research Association | 3/- | None | 151 | |
| 8. Examination for Tubercle bacilli | ||||||
| Yes | Do. | 2/9 | None | 214 | ||
| (b) of milk | Yes | Do. | ' 10/6 | None | 1 | |
| (c) of urine | No | — | — | — | — | |