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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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PATHOLOGICAL SERVICES—continued.
Table V.—
| Hospital. | Pathological. | Bacteriological. | Biochemical. | Post-mortem examinations by pathologist. | Attendance at post-mortem examinations. | Histological. | Miscellaneous. | Total, | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blood. | Jrine. | 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. | Faeces. | Test meals. | C.S.F. | |||||||||
| Full count. | Hb.,R.B.C. or W.B.C. diff. | Other haem. tests. | General. I | General. ] | General. | Lange, etc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fulham | 5 | – | 2 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 29 | 6 | 226 | 10 | 9 | 29 | 444 | 413 | – | 7 | 27 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 6 | — | 2 | – | 2 | 70 | 3 | 1,348 |
| Hammersmith | 96 | 12 | 4 | 185 | 18 | 38 | 21 | 26 | 674 | 25 | 389 | 40 | 111 | 99 | — | 5 | 15 | 124 | 15 | 37 | 35 | 13 | 6 | — | — | 36 | 13 | 2,037 |
| Heatherwood | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | – | – | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | |
| Paddington | 20 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 58 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 132 | 122 | — | — | 17 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 15 | — | 1 | — | — | 30 | — | 499 |
| St. Charles' | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 225 | 1 | 10 | 54 | 510 | 492 | — | 4 | 28 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 15 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 83 | 10 | 1,518 |
| St. Luke's, Chelsea | 151 | 18 | 12 | 197 | 17 | 50 | 31 | 27 | 690 | 58 | 753 | 25 | 122 | 114 | — | 3 | 19 | 78 | 17 | 147 | 18 | 7 | 10 | — | — | 23 | 4 | 2,591 |
| St. Mary Abbots | 384 | 136 | 36 | 2396 | 123 | 71 | 26 | 43 | 2824 | 77 | 364 | 144 | 311 | 285 | — | 20 | 44 | 379 | 48 | 487 | 56 | 14 | 17 | 53 | 23 | 161 | 16 | 8,538 |
| St. Stephen's | 1 | – | – | 5 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 4 | 73 | 3 | 2 | 97 | 496 | 450 | — | 2 | 13 | — | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 59 | — | 1,247 |
| Total* | 670 | 175 | 60 | 2813 | 182 | 189 | 148 | 115 | 4790 | 185 | 1544 | 405 | 2126 | 1975 | — | 41 | 164 | 602 | 120 | 695 | 148 | 35 | 37 | 53 | 25 | 462 | 46 | 17,805 |
| * As the laboratory was not opened until 2nd October, 1933, there are no comparable figures for that year. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||