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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
Hornsey 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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LABORATORY SERVICES
Pathological specimens are forwarded for examination to the Central
Public Health Laboratory at Hendon which was established by the
Medical Research Council on behalf of the Ministry of Health.
The assistance of the technical staff attached to the Laboratory is
also available in connection with outbreaks of infectious diseases at Day
Nurseries and Schools and this assistance is of extreme value in controlling
the spread of infection.
Details of specimens examined at the Central Public Health Laboratory
are as follows :—
Throat and Nose Swabs
Diphtheria bacilli 1
Haemolytic streptococci 289
Vincents angina 8
Negative 671
969
Faeces
Shigella 4
Salmonella 9
Protoza I
Negative 45
59
Sputum
Tubercular smear 9
Other organisms 21
Negative 63
93
Pertussis
Cough plates —
Postnasal swabs —
Negative 44
44
Milk
Ice cream 30
30
Miscellaneous 128
128
1.323
27