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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 1944
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1944
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BACTERIOLOGICAL LABORATORY. The work done in the Laboratory during the year is set out in the appended table.
| Examined for | Total Examinations | Results of Examination | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | |||||
| 1943 | 1944 | 1943 | 1944 | 1943 | 1944 | |
| Diphtheria (specimens taken by Medical Officer of Health | 272 | 146 | 4 | 2 | 268 | 144 |
| Ditto (taken by general practitioners) | 428 | 278 | 12 | 8 | 416 | 270 |
| Diphtheria (total specimens taken) | 700 | 424 | 16 | 10 | 684 | 414 |
| Phthisis | 367 | 425 | 45 | 73 | 322 | 352 |
| Various | 20 | 35 | – | – | 20 | 35 |
| Total specimens taken | 1,087 | 884 | 61 | 83 | 1,026 | 801 |
FOOD POISONING.
Eight cases of Food Poisoning were notified to me during the
year under The Public Health (London) Act, 1936, Section 182. There
were no deaths.
INSULIN FOR DIABETIC PATIENTS.
Twenty-nine patients have been supplied during the year as
compared with twenty-four patients in 1943. (The Public Health
(London) Act, 1936, Section 227.)