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 London County Council]
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PATHOLOGICAL SERVICES—continued.
Table IV.—
Hospital or Institution, etc. | Pathological. | Bacteriological. | Biochemical. | Post-mortem examinations by pathologist. | Attendance at post-mortem examinations. | Histological. | Miscellaneous. | Total. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Blood. | Urine. | Faeces. | 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. | General. | General. | Lange, etc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bethnal Green | 9 | 3 | 12 | 23 | — | 28 | 26 | 7 | 258 | 36 | 23 | 55 | 449 | 421 | 13 | 7 | 34 | 161 | 20 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 24 | — | — | — | 8 | 1,657 |
City of London institution | 1 | — | — | 4 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 20 | 1 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 40 |
Hackney | 6 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 51 | 18 | 435 | 16 | 60 | 150 | 390 | 339 | 7 | 22 | 44 | 445 | 80 | 24 | 25 | 8 | 79 | — | 4 | — | 39 | 2,295 |
Mile End | 190 | 88 | 97 | 401 | — | 28 | 9 | 53 | 1551 | 110 | 878 | 112 | 211 | 203 | 2 | 11 | 40 | 116 | 15 | 57 | 75 | 27 | 21 | — | 2 | — | 22 | 4,319 |
St. Andrew's | 3 | 9 | 22 | — | — | 97 | 107 | 4 | 157 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 290 | 194 | — | 3 | 24 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 5 | — | 79 | — | — | — | 22 | 1,096 |
St. George-in-the- East | 6 | 14 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 199 | 10 | 14 | 62 | 196 | 181 | 2 | 12 | 34 | 216 | 82 | 26 | 7 | 15 | 15 | — | 1 | — | 5 | 1,170 |
St. Peter's | 238 | 63 | 73 | 213 | 6 | 59 | 39 | 18 | 877 | 27 | 806 | 218 | 361 | 320 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 745 | 53 | 167 | 99 | 50 | 44 | — | — | — | 50 | 4,560 |
South Grove institution | 5 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 6 | — | 7 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27 |
Bromley House institution | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | — | — | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 42 |
Stepney Borough Council | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2959 | — | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3,012 |
Group laboratories, other hospitals, etc. | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | — | — | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 52 |
Total* | 459 | 186 | 244 | 669 | 17 | 237 | 246 | 103 | 6499 | 203 | 1799 | 681 | 1907 | 1668 | 48 | 59 | 228 | 1705 | 267 | 285 | 228 | 116 | 263 | — | 7 | — | 146 | 18,270 |
* As the laboratory was not opened until 4th September, 1933, there are no comparable figures for that year. |