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 Westminster, City of]
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Specimens Submitted to the Public Health Laboratory
Nature of Specimen | Number Examined | Positive Findings | |
---|---|---|---|
Nasal and Throat Swabs | 200 | Haemolytic streptococci | 36 |
Monilia | 3 | ||
Staphylococcus aureus | 1 | ||
Vincents organisms | 1 | ||
Faeces | 296 | Shigella sonnei | 15 |
Salmonella typhimurium | 25 | ||
Bact. coli 0111 | 1 | ||
Bact. coli 026 | 1 | ||
Occult blood: Benzidine test Positive | 1 | ||
Clostridium Welchii | 2 | ||
Ova of hookworm, Trichuris trichiura & Ascars lumbricoides | 1 | ||
Vomit | 1 | ||
Swab from gums | 1 | ||
Aural swabs | 2 | Diphtheroids & micrococci | 1 |
Skin swabs | 3 |
Tuberculosis
Age Periods | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pulmonary | NonPulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
Under 5 years | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
5 to 15 years | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
15 to 25 years | 7 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
25 to 45 years | 30 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
45 to 65 years | 26 | 5 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
65 to 75 years | 7 | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — |
75 and over | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
74 | 33 | 1 | — | 5 | 2 | — | — |