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request, and it will be seen from the accompanying table that the
number of these " various " investigations shows a slight decrease
this year.
Examined for
Total
Examinations
Results of Examination
Positive
Negative
1936
1937
1936
1937
1936
1937
Diphtheria (specimens taken by
Medical Officer of Health)
353
25
19
271
290
328
Ditto (taken by general
practitioners)
63
1181
1194
1246
65
1131
Diphtheria (total specimens taken)
1547
1536
88
84
1459
1452
Phthisis
1280
1458
196
188
1084
1270
Various
263
258
34
41
229
217
Total specimens taken
3090
3252
318
313
2772
2939
FOOD POISONING.
Seventeen cases of Food Poisoning were notified to me
during the year under The Public Health (London) Act, 1936,
Section 182.
INSULIN FOR DIABETIC PATIENTS.
Under Section 227 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1936
the Minister of Health has sanctioned the temporary supply of
insulin for those poorer inhabitants of the borough who are suffering
from Diabetes. Practitioners applying for supplies of insulin
are required:—
(a) To give the name, address, age and sex of the patient.
(b) To supply a quarterly report to the Medical Officer of
Health showing:—
(1) The number of doses of insulin administered.
(2) The results of blood and urine tests.
(3) The progress of the patient.
Twenty patients have been supplied during the year as
compared with twenty-seven patients in 1936.