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Lambeth 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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M unicipal B acteriological L aboratory.
Table shewing the numbers of pathological samples examined (total 973), and the results obtained, at the Bacteriological Laboratory during 1926, and the previous 5 years (1921-1925), together with the averages for the two decennia 1901-1910 (Borough) and 1911 -1920 (Borough) and the quinquennium 1921-1921; (Borough).
| Year. | Sputa. Suspected Tuberculosis. Tub. Bac. found. | Blood. Suspected Typhoid or Enteric Fever. Reaction obtained. | Throat & Nose. Membranes and Secretions. Suspected Diphtheria. Klebs-Loeffler Bac. found | Other Sundry Samples. Result, obtained. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Neg. | Total | Pos. | Neg. | Total | Pos. | Neg. | Total | Pos. | Neg. | Total | |
| 1926 | 22 | 242 | 264 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 682 | 692 | 2 | 3 | 51 |
| 1925 | 20 | 239 | 259 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 672 | 686 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1924 | 20 | 244 | 264 | — | 12 | 12 | 10 | 731 | 741 | — | 2 | 2 |
| 1923 | 17 | 218 | 235 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 564 | 571 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1922 | 26 | 248 | 274 | — | 11 | 11 | 15 | 682 | 697 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 1921 | 31 | 225 | 256 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 719 | 734 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Average of 5 years 1921-1925 (Borough) Averages of 10 years | 24.8 | 234.* | 257.6 | 0.8 | 12.6 | 13.4 | 12.2 | 673.6 | 685.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 3.6 |
| (a) 1901-1910 (Borough) | 62.8 | 124.4 | 187.2 | 19.4 | 39.6 | 59.° | 36.6 | 448.6 | 485.2 | 3.7 | 9.1 | 12.8 |
| 190.2 | 404.0 | 594.2 | 11.2 | 22.3 | 33.5 | 58.2 | 597.8 | 656.0 | 5.6 | 12.3 | 17.9 | |
* Smearing for gonococcus (1 neg. and 1 pos.); suspected tuberculous urine (1 neg. and 1 pos.) ; and malaria spores in blood (1 neg).
During 1926, 60 vials of antitoxin were distributed, free of cost, under the Antitoxin Order, 1910 (each vial containing 4000 or 6000
units in strength of antitoxin).
N.B.—Since the Bacteriological Laboratory was inaugurated in 1899 (up to the end of the year 1926), 27,319 examinations have been
conducted there in connection with the following suspected diseases, viz.:—tuberculosis 9,574; typhoid or enteric fever, 1,200; diphtheria
16.218 ; and others, 327.