Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the City of London for the year 1912 page 27

City of London 1912

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the City of London for the year 1912

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Table: These were submitted to Dr. Andrewes for bacteriological examination, who reported thereon as follows:—

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These were submitted to Dr. Andrewes for bacteriological examination, who reported thereon as follows:—

No of Sample.	Dirt.	Date of Inoculation of Guineapig. 1912.	Date of Death. 1912.	Results.
					1	Small amount	10th January	Killed 14th February	Negative, local and visceral.
					2	Small amount	10th January	Killed 14th February	Viscera normal. Abscess in groin. Scanty tubercle bacilli found, i.e., slight early infection.
					3	Appreciable amount	10th January	Killed 14th February	Negative, local and visceral.
4	Small amount	10th January	Killed 14th February	Negative, local and visceral.
5	Appreciable amount.	10th January	Killed 14th February	Negative, local and visceral.
6	Negligible	10th January	Killed 14th February	Negative, local and visceral.
7	Negligible	12t.h January	Killed 15th February	Negative, local and visceral.
8	Small amount	12th January	Killed 15th February	Negative, local and visceral.
9	Negligible	12th January	Killed 15th February	Negative, local and visceral.
10	Negligible	12th January	Killed 15th February	Negative, local and visceral.
11	Negligible	12th January	Killed 15th February	Positive local abscess early caseation of glands, a few tubercles in spleen. Tubercle bacilli found.
12	Small amount	12th January	Killed 15th February	Negative, local and visceral.
13	None	17th January	Killed 21st February	Negative, local and visceral.
14	Hardly any	17th January	Killed 21st February	Negative, local and visceral.
15	Small amount	17th January	Killed 21st February	Negative, local and visceral.
16	Small amount	17th January	Killed 21st February	Negative, local and visceral.
17	Negligible	17th January	Dead 12th February	Negative, local and visceral.
18	Hardly any	17th January	Killed 21st February	Negative, local and visceral.
19	Appreciable	19th January	Killed 23rd February	Negative, local and visceral.
20	Little	19th January	Killed 23rd February	Negative, local and visceral.
21	Appreciable	19th January	Killed 23rd February	Negative, local and visceral.
22	Little	19th January	Killed 23rd February	Negative, local and visceral.
23	Very dirty	19th January	Killed 23rd February	Negative, local and visceral.
24	Much dirt	19th January	Dead 14th February	Negative locally, a few small nodules in spleen, probably pseudo-tuberculosis. The nodules are not quite like tubercle histologically, and no tubercle bacilli can be found in them ; there are, however, groups of non-acid fast bacilli resembling pseudo-tubercle. In any case I do not consider it proved that the infection was due to the milk inoculation, as no local effect was produced. I think the sample ought to be classed as negative.
25	Small amount	24th January	Killed 27th February	Local tumour for first two weeks. At death negative. Local and visceral.
26	Small amount	24th January	Killed 27th February	Local tumour for first two weeks. At death negative. Local and visceral.
27	Inappreciable	24th January	Killed 27th February	Negative, local and visceral.
28	Small amount	24th January	Killed 28th February	Negative, local and visceral.
29	Small amount	24th January	Died 3rd February	Negative, local and visceral. (10 days only.)
30	Small amount	24th January	Killed 28th February	Local purulent inflammation ; mixed micro organisms present, but no tubercle bacilli. Glands and viscera normal.