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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
Lambeth 1899
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Parish of Lambeth during the year 1899
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Other examinations.
One sample of urine was submitted and examined for tubercle bacilli, which were not found; whilst a scraping from a suspected charbon ulcer of the face did not shew the presence of anthrax bacilli, though many streptococci and oïdia were cultivated.
| Sputa. Tub. Bac. found. | *Bloods. Typhoid reaction obtained. | Throat Membranes and Discharges. Klebs-Loeffler bar. found. | Other Exams. † Bacilli found. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1899. | Yes. | No. | Total. | Yes. | No. | Total. | Yes. | No. | Total. | Yes. | No. | Total. |
| Jan. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Feb. | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mar. | 6 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — |
| April | — | 7 | 7 | — | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 15 | — | — | — |
| May | 5 | 9 | 14 | — | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 | — | — | — |
| June | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 17 | — | — | — |
| July | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | — | — | — |
| Aug. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | b | 9 | — | — | — |
| Sept. | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 21 | — | — | — |
| Oct. | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 25 | 20 | 45 | — | — | — |
| Nov. | 2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 28 | 49 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Dec. | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 | — | 10 | 9 | 26 | 35 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 33 | 57 | 90 | 40 | 41 | 81 | 101 | 115 | 216 | — | 2 | 2 |
* Slight or feeble reaction in five of the cases.
† One was a case of suspected anthrax, and the other of suspected
tuberculous kidney.