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Bermondsey 1946
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1946
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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 | |||||
| 1945 | 1946 | 1945 | 1946 | 1945 | 1946 | |
| Diphtheria (specimens taken by Medical Officer of Health | 109 | 105 | – | – | 109 | 105 |
| Ditto (taken by general practitioners) | 327 | 362 | 10 | 4 | 317 | 358 |
| Diphtheria (total specimens taken) | 436 | 467 | 10 | 4 | 426 | 463 |
| Phthisis | 397 | 638 | 81 | 146 | 316 | 492 |
| Various | 13 | 3 | – | – | 13 | 3 |
| Total specimens taken | 846 | 1,108 | 91 | 150 | 755 | 958 |
FOOD POISONING.
No cases of Food Poisoning were notified to me during the
year under The Food and Drugs Act, 1938, Section 17.
INSULIN FOR DIABETIC PATIENTS.
Twenty-eight patients have been supplied during the year as
compared with thirty patients in 1945. (The Public Health (London)
Act, 1936, Section 227.)
VACCINATION.
349 births were notified to the Vaccination Officer by the local
Registrars during 1945. The number of children successfully vaccinated
was 140, and the number in respect of whom statutory declarations
of conscientious objection were received was 106. The
percentage of children vaccinated to births notified was 40.11.