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Stoke Newington 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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BACTERIOLOGICAL DIAGNOSES.
The "diagnosis outfits " supplied by the Council to the medical
practitioners in Stoke Newington are of great service.
The following is a statement of the applications received during 1922, together with the results of the
| Disease. | Results. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive. | Negative. | ||
| Phthisis | 19 | 55 | 74 |
| Diphtheria | 14 | 118 | 132 |
| Enteric | 2 | 2 | |
| Total | 33 | 175 | 208 |
Many applications have been made at the offices for tubes of
" antitoxin," which I store for the convenience of local
practitioners.
A limited amount of "antitoxin" is supplied free of cost to
those who are judged to be unable to pay for it. The expenditure
on this account is limited to £10 per annum, except in years of
epidemic prevalence of Diphtheria.
During the year there were no occasions on which there was
delay in securing the removal to hospital of notified cases of Scarlet
Fever and Diphtheria.
The arrangements made in 1919 for securing the services of a
visiting nurse in connection with cases of Measles, Whooping Cough,
Summer Diarrhoea and Ophthalmia, occurring amongst infants
and young children. proved very useful during the year. It is,
however, certain that during a severe epidemic of Measles or
Whooping Cough the arrangement with a nurse who is already
undertaking other nursing duties will not suffice, and the Ranyard
Nurses Mission have undertaken on these occasions, if and when so
ordered by the Borough Council, to provide temporarily an
additional nurse at the low cost of two guineas per week.