Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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Bacteriological Examinations
All specimens for bacteriological examination dealt with through the Department are submitted to the Public Health Laboratory Service, County Hall, S.E.1.
Examinations carried out | |
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Total | |
Swabs (Diphtheria) | 315 |
Sputum (Tuberculosis) | 16 |
Faeces (Enteric Fever) | 132 |
Blood (Enteric Fever) | – |
Faeces (Food Poisoning) | 436 |
Food (Food poisoning) | 17 |
Faeces (Dysentery) | 5,196 |
Faeces (Poliomyelitis) | 116 |
Swabs (Streptococci) | 47 |
Swabs (Pertussis) | – |
Swabs (Influenza) | – |
Smears (Variola) | 1 |
Scrapings (Variola) | – |
Other Specimens | 45 |
TOTAL | 6,321 |
(I am indebted to Dr. Wilfrid G. Harding, Divisional Medical Officer, London County
Council, for the 1960 figures in connection with vaccination, diphtheria and whooping cough
inoculations, and chest clinics).