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Deptford 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford Borough]
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Tetanus.
A supply of Anti-toxin is kept at the Town Hall for issue to
practitioners on request.
Admission to Hospital. The special arrangements by which cases
of Scarlet Fever, Measles and Dysentery were limited to those selected
by the Medical Officer of Health were discontinued as from the
16th May, 1938, such cases thereafter being admitted on the application
of any medical practitioner. The admission of cases of Whooping
Cough, German Measles, Mumps and Chicken Pox continues to be
effected only on the application of the Medical Officer of Health.
Bacteriological Facilities.
The Council's general bacteriological work is conducted at the
Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich, while sputum for tubercle bacilli is
ordinarily examined at the Tuberculosis Dispensary.
tde following is a summary of tde work done*:— Laboratory Work at Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich, 1938.
| Material | Number Positive. | Number Negative. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swabs for Diphtderia | 112 | 946 | 1058 |
| Samples of Disinfectants | — | 2 | 2 |
| Sputum for Tuberculosis | 12 | 27 | 39 |
| Faeces for Enteric Fever | — | 7 | 7 |
| Faeces for Dysentery | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| Swimming batd water and well water | — | 22 | 22 |
| Urine for Enteric | — | 1 | 1 |
| Blood „ „ | — | 2 | 2 |
| Urine for Tuberculosis | 1 | — | 1 |
| Pus „ „ | — | 1 | 1 |
| Material for Occult Blood | 1 | — | 1 |
| Swabs for Meningococcus | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| Urine for Haemolytic Streptococci | — | 3 | 3 |
| Swabs for „ „ | 1 | 21 | 22 |
| Swab from Cervix | — | 1 | 1 |
| •Note.—Otder examinations are reported under " Food." | |||