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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 1921
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1921
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Cerebrospinal Meningitis.
1 case was notified in 1921.
Polio-Myelitis.
No cases were notified in 1921.
Bacteriological Laboratory.
The total number of specimens examined in 1921 was 3,284 as
compared with 1,422 in 1920, and 954 in 1919.
Table C.
Total
Examinations.
Results of Examination.
Nature of Specimen.
Positive.
Negative.
1920
1921
1920
1921
1920
1921
DIPHTHERIA (specimens taken by
Medical Officer of Health)
524
1,035
30
58
494
977
Ditto (taken by general
practitioners)
484
982
44
148
440
834
DIPHTHERIA (total specimens taken)
1,008
2,017
74
206
934
1,811
402
1,258
328
1,120
Phthisis
74
138
2
6
-
1
2
5
Enteric
Various
10
3
1
-
9
3
149
1,273
Total specimens taken
345
1,422
3,284
2,939
Table C.
| Nature of Specimen. | Total Examinations. | Results of Examination. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive. | Negative. | |||||
| 1920 | 1921 | 1920 | 1921 | 1920 | 1921 | |
| DIPHTHERIA (specimens taken by Medical Officer of Health) | 524 | 1,035 | 30 | 58 | 494 | 977 |
| Ditto (taken by general practitioners) | 484 | 982 | 44 | 148 | 440 | 834 |
| DIPHTHERIA (total specimens taken) | 1,008 | 2,017 | 74 | 206 | 934 | 1,811 |
| Phthisis | 402 | 1,258 | 74 | 138 | 328 | 1,120 |
| Enteric | 2 | 6 | – | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Various | 10 | 3 | 1 | – | 9 | 3 |
| Total specimens taken | 1,422 | 3,284 | 149 | 345 | 1,273 | 2,939 |