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Hampstead 1914

Report for the year 1914 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Initials.Age.Klebs Loeffler Bacillus.Diphtheriod Bacilli.Hoffman's Bacillus.Other predominating Organisms.Remark.
N. R.16.........Staphylococci...
Staff.
Miss S..........+Streptococci...
„ C..........+...
„ R.......++...
„ D.......+.....
„ H..........+...
„ B..........+...
„ W.......++......
Sister S..........+Streptococci...
Miss W..........+Staphylococci...
„ H............Streptococci..
„ J..........+...
„ S....+++Tonsils enlarged
„ A..........+......
„ C.......+...Streptococci...
Nurse B.......+......
Miss S..........+...
„ L....+++..
„ D..........+...
Sergt. P......++...
Mrs. P.......++...Tonsils enlarged
L. P...................
B. P..........+Streptococci...
StaphylococciTonsils enlarged
M. P.............Streptococci...
StaphylococciTonsils enlarged

Summary.
Almost without exception the throats examined were relaxed or
showed signs of infection.
In five of the cases definite membrane patches were seen. These
patients were:—
e. a., e. w , d. h., a. B.,
and one person in the first dormitory visited, whose name was not taken
through a clerical error.
In thirty-seven of the cases there were markedly enlarged tonsils.
In twenty-two cases the true diphtheria bacillus was found,
showing all the classical morphological characteristics.
In forty-three cases the diphtheroid bacillus described above was
found, where the Klebs Loeffler Bacillus was absent.