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Chislehurst 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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ISOLATION HOSPITAL.
For Isolation Hospital purposes this District is served by
the West Kent Joint Hospital.
This hospital is administered by the West Kent Joint
Hospital Board, and serves the Boroughs of Bromley and
Beckenham, and the Urban Districts of Chislehurst and Sidcup
and Orpington.
Four motor ambulances -have been provided by the Board
for the removal of cases.
Cases of Smallpox are also removed to the West Kent Joint
Smallpox Hospital, maintained by the West Kent Joint Hospital
Board, on a separate site from the ordinary Infectious Disease
Hospital.
LABORATORY WORK.
The Kent County Laboratory at Maidstone carries out the bacteriological work in connection with this District, and during the year the following number of specimens have been examined there:
| Positive. | Negative | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swabs for Diphtheria | 13 | 63 | 76 |
| Sputa for Tubercle | 68 | 158 | 226 |
| Swabs for Haemolytic Streptococci | 7 | 42 | 49 |
| Faeces for Sonne bacillus | 2 | 23 | 25 |
| Blood for Typhoid | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Totals | 93 | 289 | 382 |
In addition to the above, emergency swabs are examined at the West Kent Joint Hospital, the number of such examinations during the year being:
| Positive | Negative | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swabs for Diphtheria | 44 | 404 | 448 |
| Swabs for Haemolytic Streptococci | 7 | 13 | 20 |
| Totals | 51 | . | 468 |