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Marylebone 1941

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

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Disinfection.—During the year 935 rooms and 25,995 articles (including 201 books) were disinfected.
Bacteriological Examinations.—Table 9 shows the number of specimens examined for the purposes of diagnosis,
and indicates also the organisms in relation to which the examinations were made.

TABLE9.

Work of the Bacteriological Laboratory.

Examination.Positive.Negative.Suspicious.Total.
Throat and Nasal swabs (for B. diphtheriae and hsemolytic streptococci)91142125
Sputa (for tubercle bacilli)66167
Pleural fluid (for tubercle bacilli)11
Urine (for typhoid)11
Blood (for typhoid)22
Swab (for meningococcus)11
Totals161792197