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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
Lewisham 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Diphtheria Anti-toxin.
For the convenience of medical practitioners, anti-toxin serum
is kept in the Public Health Department, and supplied at cost price,
or, in necessitous cases, free.
During the year, 67 phials of 8,000 units each (for treatment)
and 2 prophylactic doses of 500 units each, were used.