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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
Croydon 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| Suspected Diphtheria. | Serum reaction for suspected Enteric Fever. | Sputum for suspecte Tuberculosis. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904. | 1905. | 1904. | 1905. | 1904. | 1905. | |||||||
| Boro. | Hosp. | Boro. | Hosp | Boro | Hosp | Boro | Hosp | Boro | Hosp | Boro | Hosp | |
| January | .. | .. | ||||||||||
| February | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||
| March | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||
| April | .. | 3 | ||||||||||
| May | .. | .. | ||||||||||
| June | .. | 7 | .. | |||||||||
| July | 4 | .. | ||||||||||
| August | 2 | |||||||||||
| September | .. | |||||||||||
| October | 5 | |||||||||||
| November | .. | 13 | .. | |||||||||
| December | 3 | 5 | .. | |||||||||
| First Quarter | 333 | 3 | 5 | .. | ||||||||
| Second ,, | 353 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Third „ | 550 | 275 | 855 | |||||||||
| Fourth ,, | 7 | |||||||||||
| Yearly Total Grand Total | 23 | |||||||||||
| 4284 | 6180 | 85 | ||||||||||
Diphtheria.—During 1905,6,180 specimens were examined in
the Laboratory. Of these specimens about one sixth (1024)
were primary examinations for diagnostic purposes. The remaining
specimens were from "contacts" who had been exposed to diphtheria,
or from the throats of convalescents. The latter were examined