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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 1947
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1947
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BACTERIOLOGICAL LABORATORY.
| Examined for | Total Examinations | Results of Examination | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | |||||
| 1946 | 1947 | 1946 | 1947 | 1946 | 1947 | |
| Diphtheria (specimens taken by Medical Officer of Health Ditto (taken by general practitioners) | 105 | 147 | – | – | 105 | 147 |
| 362 | 281 | 4 | 2 | 358 | 279 | |
| Diphtheria (total specimens taken) | 467 | 428 | 4 | 2 | 463 | 426 |
| Phthisis | 638 | 279 | 146 | 63 | 492 | 216 |
| Various | 3 | – | – | – | 3 | – |
| Total specimens taken | 1108 | 707 | 150 | 65 | 958 | 642 |
FOOD POISONING.
One case of Food Poisoning was notified to me during the
year under The Food and Drugs Act, 1938, Section 17.
INSULIN FOR DIABETIC PATIENTS.
Twenty-two patients have been supplied during the year as
compared with twenty-eight patients in 1946. (The Public Health
(London) Act, 1936, Section 227.)
VACCINATION.
707 births were notified to the Vaccination Officer by the local
Registrars during 1946. The number of children successfully vaccinated
was 343, and the number in respect of whom statutory declarations
of conscientious objection were received was 192. The
percentage of children vaccinated to births notified was 48·51.