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SECTION 6.
BACTERIOLOGY.
The bacteriological examinations required by the
Borough of Camberwell were continued to be carried out by
King's College Hospital, and the following is a summary of
this work for the year 1923:—
Swabs for examination for Diphtheria.
Positive 216
Negative 1,079
Examination of Sputa for T.B.
Positive 333
Negative 2,367
Widal Reactions.
Positive 8
Negative 5
Examinations for Gonococci.
Positive -
Negative 9
Examinations of Miscellaneous Material., e.g., Ice Cream,
Tinned Meat, etc. 10
SECTION 7.
SANITARY ADMINISTRATION.
Sanitary Inspection of District.
Visits to complaints numbered 3,870 in the year, compared
with 3,843 in 1922, whilst house inspections following
complaints increased to 2,652.
The number of house-to-house inspections was 2,066,
compared with 2,129 in the previous year. Tenement inspection
increased from 466 in 1922 to 519 in 1923. Inspections
after infectious disease dropped to 1,509, owing to the smaller
number of notifications received during the year. Inspections
of houses-let-in-lodgings increased to 169. The new by-laws
for this type of house, which were made by the London
County Council in 1922, had not received the approval of
the Ministry of Health at the time of writing.
The total number of inspections for all purposes made
by the Sanitary Inspectors in 1923 was 79,174. Detailed
statistics of the Inspectors' work will be found in the tables
on pages 56-59.