London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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Institutional Treatment.—Admissions to hospital or sanatoria during the year numbered 185.
Care Committee.—The Committee held 12 meetings and dealt with 283 cases.
Disinfection.—During the year 601 rooms and 26,015 articles (including 230 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.
TABLE 9—Work of the Bacteriological Laboratory.
| Examination. | Positive. | Negative. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Throat and nasal swabs (for B. diphtherias and hæmolytic streptococci) | 6 | 109 | 115 |
| Sputa (for tubercle bacilli) | 5 | 53 | 58 |
| Pus (for tubercle bacilli) | — | 1 | 1 |
| Faeces (for typhoid, paratyphoid and dysentery bacilli) | — | 3 | 3 |
| Blood (for Widal reaction for typhoid and paratyphoid) | — | 2 | 2 |
| Conjunctival Swab (for gonococci) | —. | 1 | 1 . |
| Smears (for gonococci) | —- | 6 | 6 |
| Urine (for chyluria) | 1 | — | 1 |
| Totals | 12 | 175 | 187 |