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 St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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The following tables gives a summary of the changes in the register during the year 1960:-
Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Number of cases on the Register at the commencement of the year. | 1.171 | 87 | 1,258 |
Number of new cases during the year. | 209 | 15 | 224 |
1.380 | 102 | 1.482 | |
Number of cases removed from the Register during the year (by death or other causes). | 361 | 31 | 392 |
Number of cases remaining on the Register at the end of the year. | 1.019 | 71 | 1.090 |
This work is carried out by either the Public Health Laboratory Service (at Colindale or County Hall), or the Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene, 23, Queen Square, W.C.I.
Positive | Negative | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Diphtheria | 6 | 112 | 118 |
Dysentery | 198 | - | 198 |
Pood Poisoning | 19 | - | 19 |
Haemolytlc Streptococci | 16 | - | 16 |
Influenza | 1 | . | 1 |
Pathogenic organisms | 68 | 1,506 | 1.574 |
Tuberculosis | 5 | 26 | 31 |
Typhoid | - | - | - |
Vincent's Organisms | 3 | - | 3 |
Totals | 316 | 1,644 | 1,960 |
Bacteriological Examinations
To aid in diagnosis and to detect contact or carrier cases, the borough
council provides bacteriogical diagnosis free of charge in connection with certain
diseases.
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