London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
London County Council 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Hospital or Institution, etc. | Pathological. | Bacteriological. | Biochemical. | Post-mortem examinations by pathologist. | Attendance at post-mortem examinations. | Histological. | Miscellaneous. | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blood. | Urine. | Fæces. | C.S.F. | Fluids, exudates, etc. | Identification of micro-organisms. | Gonococci. | T.B. | Agglutination per organisms. | Wassermann reation. | Kahn test. | Other complement fixation tests. | Vaccines. | Animal inoculation. | Blood sugar and urea. | Other blood. | Urine. | Fæces. | Test meals. | C.S.F. | |||||||||
| Full count. | Hb.,R.B.C. or W.B.C. diff. | Other hæm. tests. | General. | Lange, etc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General. | General. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Archway | 227 | 42 | 107 | 224 | 2 | 93 | 22 | 32 | 730 | 33 | 882 | 91 | 251 | 213 | 21 | 2 | 62 | 139 | 14 | 65 | 29 | 26 | 14 | — | 19 | — | — | 3,340 |
| Highgate | 158 | 43 | 69 | 263 | 3 | 44 | 15 | 69 | 1194 | 59 | 306 | 72 | 181 | 160 | 5 | 8 | 39 | 145 | 14 | 187 | 124 | 41 | 9 | — | 4 | — | — | 3,212 |
| Holborn & Finsbury institution | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 48 | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 59 |
| New End | — | 2 | 6 | — | — | 4 | 12 | 4 | 61 | — | 6 | 17 | 585 | 550 | 151 | 4 | 42 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1,477 |
| St. Leonard's | 142 | 22 | 33 | 200 | 7 | 54 | 10 | 52 | 718 | 84 | 403 | 24 | 733 | 703 | 432 | 22 | 58 | 151 | 29 | 259 | 91 | 9 | 5 | — | 3 | — | — | 4,244 |
| St. Mary, Islington | 538 | 43 | 317 | 708 | 6 | 191 | 57 | 168 | 2478 | 104 | 845 | 105 | 892 | 805 | 384 | 15 | 123 | 274 | 54 | 83 | 189 | 87 | 33 | — | 6 | — | — | 8,505 |
| St. Pancras | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 88 | 7 | 18 | 8 | 802 | 764 | 570 | 12 | 54 | 25 | 19 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 2 | 2,463 |
| Group laboratories and other hospitals, etc. | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | — | 12 | 71 | 1 | 439 | — | 3 | 14 | 1094 | 941 | 1001 | 4 | 149 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 3,756 |
| Total | 1069 | 155 | 539 | 1414 | 19 | 405 | 201 | 334 | 5756 | 287 | 2472 | 331 | 67 | 529 | 743 | 159 | 627 | 445 | 165 | 64 | — | 35 | — | 2 | 27,056 | |||
| Total for 1933 | 692 | 66 | 17 | 1335 | 147 | 433 | 221 | 314 | 432 | 33 | 288 | 864 | 160 | 86 | 118 | 1 | 22 | — | 2 | 23,538 | ||||||||