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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 1925
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1925
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There have been 15 cases, but in only three cases was the
vision impaired, and in two it amounted to total blindness.
CEREBRO-SPINAL MENINGITIS.
3 cases were notified in 1925.
POLIO-MYELITIS.
1 case was notified in 1925.
ENCEPHALITIS LETHARGICA.
8 eases were notified an 1925, and 1 case was returned from
Hospital as not suffering from this disease.
BACTERIOLOGICAL LABORATORY.
The total number of specimens examined in 1925 was 3,936,
as compared with 3,624 in 1924, and 3,532 in 1923.
TABLE C.
| Nature of Specimen. | Total Examinations. | Results of Examination. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive. | Negative. | |||||
| 1924 | 1925 | 1924 | 1925 | 1924 | 1925 | |
| Diphtheria (specimens taken by Medical Officer of Health) | 967 | 884 | 22 | 23 | 945 | 861 |
| Ditto (taken by general practitioners) | 895 | 1213 | 58 | 93 | 837 | 1120 |
| Diphtheria (total specimens taken) | 1862 | 2097 | 80 | 116 | 1782 | 1981 |
| Phthisis | 1740 | 1806 | 269 | 279 | 1471 | 1527 |
| Various | 22 | 33 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 29 |
| Total specimens taken | 3,624 | 3,936 | 351 | 399 | 3273 | 3537 |
CONTACTS
We still keep very busy in the laboratory, as the above table
shows. There was a fall of 83 in the number of school contacts
examined, and out of a total of 884, 23 were positive. These
children came up for re-examination in a week, and were not
allowed to return to school until the examination proved
negative.