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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
Lambeth 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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Table shewing the numbers of pathological samples examined (total 1,299), and the results obtained, at the Bacteriological Laboratory during 1927, and the previous 5 years (1922-1926), together with the averages for the two decennia 1901-1910 (Borough) and 1911-1920 (Borough) and the quinquennium 1922-1926 (Borough).
| Year. | Sputa. Suspected Tuberculosis. Tub. Bac. found. | Blood. Suspected Typhoid or Enteric Fever. Reaction obtained. | Throat &Nose. Membranes and Secretions. Suspected Diphtheria. Klebs-Lœffler Bac. found. | Other Sundry Samples. Result obtained. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Neg. | Total | Pos. | Neg. | Total | Pos. | Neg. | Total | Pos. | Neg. | Total | |
| 1927 | 28 | 199 | 227 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 1,036 | 1,064 | — | 2 | 2* |
| 1926 | 22 | 242 | 264 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 682 | 692 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 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 |
| Average of 5 years 1922-1926 (Borough) Averages of 10 years | 21 | 238.2 | 259.2 | 1 | 11.2 | 12.2 | 11.2 | 666.2 | 677.4 | 2 | 2.2 | 4.2 |
| 62.8 | 124.4 | 187.2 | 19.4 | 39.6 | 59.0 | 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 | |
* Suspected B. Coli in urine (2 neg.).
During 1927, 72 vials of antitoxin were distributed, free of cost, under the Antitoxin Order, 1910 (each vial containing 4,000
or 6,000 units in strength of antitoxin).
N.B.—Since the Bacteriological Laboratory was inaugurated in 1899 (up to the end of the year 1927), 28,616 examinations
have been conducted there in connection with the following suspected diseases, viz.:—Tuberculosis, 9,801 ; typhoid or enteric
fever, 1,206; diphtheria, 17,282; and others, 329.