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Results of Examination
Total
Examinations
Examined for
Positive
Negative
1937 1938 1937 1938 1937 1938
Diphtheria (specimens taken by
Medical Officer of Health) 290 281 19 16 271 265
Ditto (taken by general
practitioners) 1246 1122 65 59 1181 1063
Diphtheria (total specimens taken) 1536 1403 84 75 1452 1328
Phthisis 1458 1042 188 123 1270 919
Various 258 303 41 29 217 274
Total specimens taken 3252 2748 313 227 2939 2521
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-six patients have been supplied during the year as
compared with twenty patients in 1937.