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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 VIII.—
| Year. | Media. | Solutions for intravenous injections.* | Stains and solutions. | Stock vaccines. | Grouping sera for blood transfusions. | Tuberculin for Mantoux test. | Measles serum. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adult. | Convalescent. | ||||||||||
| Litres. | Number of containers. | Litres. | Number of containers. | Litres. | Number of c.c.s. | Number of capillary tubes. | Number of 1 c.c. | Number of 10 c.c. ampoules. | Number of 5 c.c. ampoules. | Number of 10 c.c. ampoules. | |
| 1930 | 593 | 45,088 | — | — | not available | not available | — | — | — | 135 | 102 |
| 1931 | 809 | 50,580 | — | — | not available | 2,254 | 986 | 364 | — | 138 | 104 |
| 1932 | 1,181 | 57,490 | — | — | 750 | not available | 2,098 | 1.352 | 3,200 | 280 | 210 |
| 1933 | 1,697 | 86,761 | — | — | 1,064 | 3,662 | 2,742 | 1,340 | Nil | 116 | 87 |
| 1934 | 2,055 | 114,171 | 118½ | 3,293 | 1,246 | 4,239 | 5,520 | 2,514 | 2,733 | 396 | 297 |
| * Commenced July, 1934. | |||||||||||