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23
Sputum
T.B.Found 2
Other organisms found 6
Negative 14
Pertussis
Positive 9
Negative 19
in all, 289 examinations were carried out on behalf of
Hampstead doctors. The Department has an arrangement whereby
specimens left at the offices by 2.3O p.m. are dispatched by hand
to the Laboratories the same day. This service is used
extensively.
PUBLIC MORTUARY. NEW END
During the year 248 bodies were brought to the mortuary;
10 by the Police, and 206 by order of the Coroner. 244 postmortem examinations were made.
CLEANSING AND DISINFECTION OF VERMINOUS PERSONS
AND THEIR BELONGINGS
The following cleansing and medicinal baths were carried out
at the Borough Council Cleansing Centre, during the year, where
31 adults and 11 children received treatment:-
Verminous conditions;
Adults 13
Children under 5 3
Children over 5 1
Scabies:
Adults 18
Children under 5 7
Children over 5 –
24 cases of scabies were notified during the year. These were
investigated by the Sanitary Inspectors and, where necessary,
treatment arranged at the Public Health Station. This is an
Increase of 7 over the previous year and is a reversal of the
continuous drop that has occurred since 1946 when the notifications
were 197.