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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. | T otal. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Blood. | Urine. | Fæces. | C.S.F. | Fluids, exudates, etc. | Identification of micro-organisms. | Gonococci. | T.B. | Agglutination per organisms. | Wassermann reaction. | 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 haem. tests. | General. | Lange, etc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General. | General. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dulwich | 3 | — | 16 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 101 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 948 | 911 | 27 | 7 | 19 | 116 | 39 | 78 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 228 | 5 | 2.674 |
| Lewisham | 377 | 94 | 145 | 690 | 4 | 83 | 17 | 62 | 1504 | 44 | 730 | 100 | 292 | 266 | 9 | 3 | 31 | 1256 | 225 | 336 | 86 | 35 | 14 | 184 | — | 646 | 14 | 7,247 |
| Norwood children's | 2 | — | — | 12 | — | 10 | 1 | — | 423 | 6 | 24 | — | 6 | 4 | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 501 |
| Queen Mary's, | 13 | 7 | _ | 15 | _ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 4 | 124 | 10 | 33 | 31 | 1 | — | 1 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 44 | — | — | — | _ | 10 | _ | 349 |
| Sidcup St. Alfege's | 5 | 6 | 70 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 8 | 167 | 3 | 29 | 93 | 385 | 339 | 21 | 7 | 56 | 203 | 91 | 57 | 33 | 4 | 14 | 1 | — | 279 | 11 | 1,950 |
| St. Nicholas' | 62 | 41 | 10 | 219 | 1 | 66 | 34 | 25 | 519 | 17 | 644 | 60 | 276 | 234 | 12 | 3 | 16 | 131 | 18 | 80 | 81 | 17 | 8 | 1 | I | 141 | 1 | 2,718 |
| St. Olave's | 5 | — | 29 | 31 | 2 | 27 | 3 | 125 | 3 | 23 | 66 | 637 | 594 | 86 | 14 | 106 | 8 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 426 | 16 | 2,263 | |
| Ladywell institution | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 20 | 2 | 3 | — | 2 2 | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 36 | |
| Other services | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | |
| Total | 468 | 150 | 270 | 998 | 16 | 176 | 141 | 102 | 2890 | 80 | 1586 | 440 | 2581 | 2383 | 156 | 34 | 242 | 1733 | 418 | 566 | 253 | 60 | 42 | 187 | 2 | 1731 | 47 | 17,752 |
| Total for 1933 | 584 | 194 | 321 | 1282 | 123 | 264 | 88 | 200 | 2577 | 106 | 2099 | 233 | 1742 | 1608 | 100 | 15 | 88 | 1099 | 222 | 586 | 573 | 100 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 616 | 10 | 14,871 |