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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

Marylebone 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]

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enteric or typhoid fever.
The number of specimens examined was 6; of these 3
showed the presence of a positive Widal (Typhoid) re-action; in
the remainder the Widal (Typhoid) re-action was absent.
Phthisis.
The number of sputums examined was 47; of these 17
showed the presence of tubercle bacilli; in the remainder the
bacilli were absent.
Total number of bacteriological examinations, 117 in 1906,
against 42 in 1905.
Number examined by Lister Institute 22
Number examined by Laboratory of Pathology
and Public Health 95
117
Date of resolution of Public Health Committee authorising
the change from the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine to
the Laboratory of Pathology and Public Health, 22nd June,
1906.