London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Finsbury 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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| Number Unsatisfactory | Number Poor | Total Number Examined | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 1954 | 1953 | 1954 | 1953 | 1954 | |
| Milk- Bottle pasteurised | - | - | - | - | 23 | 41 |
| Tuberculin Tested pasteurised | - | - | - | - | 10 | 1 |
| Sterilised | - | - | - | - | 8 | 5 |
| Homogenised | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Churn pateurised | - | - | - | - | 51 | - |
| Jersey | - | - | - | - | 5 | - |
| South Devon | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Ice-Cream | - | 10 | 2 | - | 18 | 11 |
| Other Foods | 11 | 1 | - | 4 | 42 | 11 |
| Water— Tanks | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 |
| Taps | - | - | - | - | 7 | 4 |
| Wells | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Swimming Baths | - | - | - | - | 5 | - |
| 11 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 174 | 78 | |
| Total Examinations | 3,543 | 3,783 | ||||
| For General Practitioners | For Various Clinics | Totals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 1954 | 1953 | 1954 | 1953 | 1954 | |
| Blood Counts | 179 | 94 | 107 | 63 | 286 | 157 |
| Blood Sedimentation Tests | 3 | 9 | 87 | 45 | 90 | 54 |
| Wasserman & Kalin Tests | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | 4 |
| G.C. Fixation Tests | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | 4 |
| Pregnancy Tests | 14 | 16 | — | — | 14 | 16 |
| Bacteriological and Pathological Examinations of— Urines | 18 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 36 | 23 |
| Urethral & Vaginal swabs | — | 4 | — | . — | — | 4 |
| Gum swabs | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| Eye swabs | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Nail & Skin scrapings | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Domiciliary visits | — | 5 | — | — | — | 5 |
| Totals | 214 | 146 | 212 | 125 | 426 | 271 |