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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 1910

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

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Table: Reasons for Disinfection.

Reasons for Disinfection.

Compulsorily Notifiable Infectious Diseases.Phthisis.Measles.Vermin.Other causes.Totals.
January2064...535
February5692......67
March41...2...447
April4957...667
May1728...1037
June35128...863
July472.........49
August2225...231
September416...2554
October332...1541
November3111......244
December349...1448
4266636451583

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Bacteriologal Examinations.

Table: These examinations are still carried out by Dr. Eastes at the Laboratory of Pathology and Public Health, 38, New Cavendish Street, in doubtful cases of Typhoid Fever, Diphtheria, and Phthisis, and the following table gives particulars as to the number of cases examined and compares the results obtained with those of the previous year:—

These examinations are still carried out by Dr. Eastes at the Laboratory of Pathology and Public Health, 38, New Cavendish Street, in doubtful cases of Typhoid Fever, Diphtheria, and Phthisis, and the following table gives particulars as to the number of cases examined and compares the results obtained with those of the previous year:—

1909.1910.
Positive.Negative.Total.Positive.Negative.Total.
Typhoid Fever—8851116
Diphtheria1657732780107
Phthisis2651772884112
Totals4211615860175235