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Croydon 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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ENTERIC (TYPHOID) FEVER.
The total of specimens from suspected Enteric Fever patients
amounted to 79, of which 55 were received from medical men in
the borough, and 24 examinations were made of patients in the
Borough Hospital.
The following table gives a summary of the serum reactions
obtained in the laboratory during 1914.
RESULTS OF EXAMINATIONS FOR DISEASES SIMULATING ENTERIC FEVER.
| 1914. | Examinations for Borough. | Examinations for Hospital. | Total. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agglutinative Reactions. | Agglutinative Reactions. | Agglutinative Reactions for all purposes. | |||||||
| + | — | Total | + | — | Total | + | — | Total | |
| January | — | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| February | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| March | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| April | — | 9 | 9 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 9 |
| May | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| June | — | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| July | — | 7 | 7 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| August | — | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 5 | 5 |
| September | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| October | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | — | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| November | — | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 5 |
| December | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| First Quarter | 2 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 21 | 28 |
| Second „ | — | 15 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 23 |
| Third „ | 1 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 16 |
| Fourth „ | 1 | 9 | 10 | 2 | — | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| Total | 4 | 51 | 55 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 17 | 62 | 79 |