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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
Bermondsey 1920
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1920
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Table C.
Nature of Spacimen.
Total
Examinations.
Results of Examination.
Positive.
Negative.
1919
1920
1919
1920
1919
1920
Diphtheria (specimens taken by
Medical Officer of Health)
320
524
22
30
298
494
Ditto (taken by general
practitioners)
301
484
440
66
44
235
Diphtheria (total specimens taken)
1,008
88
533
621
74
934
Phthisis
331
402
64
74
-
267
328
Enteric
2
-
2
-
2
2
Various
10
-
1
-
9
954
1,422
802
1,273
152
Total specimens taken
149
Table C.
| Nature of Spacimen. | Total Examinations. | Results of Examination. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive. | Negative. | |||||
| 1919 | 1920 | 1919 | 1920 | 1919 | 1920 | |
| Diphtheria (specimens taken by Medical Officer of Health) | 320 | 524 | 22 | 30 | 298 | 494 |
| Ditto (taken by general practitioners) | 301 | 484 | 66 | 44 | 235 | 440 |
| Diphtheria (total specimens taken) | 621 | 1,008 | 88 | 74 | 533 | 934 |
| Phthisis | 331 | 402 | 64 | 74 | 267 | 328 |
| Enteric | 2 | 2 | – | – | 2 | 2 |
| Various | – | 10 | – | 1 | – | 9 |
| Total specimens taken | 954 | 1,422 | 152 | 149 | 802 | 1,273 |