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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 1923

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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23
Ambulance Service.
2 Motor ambulances (Wolseley and Ford) are kept at the
Borough Hospial for conveyance of patients with infectious
disease. G95 patients were conveyed and 80G journeys were made,
covering a mileage of T,110½miles, at an average mileage of 14
miles to the gallon of petrol.
Borough Hospital Laboratory Report.
Bacteriological examination is undertaken of swabs, sputum.
blood, etc., sent in by practitioners or by the Public Health staff,
or taken from patients in the hospital.it will be seen below that,
in addition to other miscellaneous work, 5,398 swabs were examined
for diphtheria, and 1,358 specimens of sputum for the tubercle
bacillus : —

Table: Examinations for Diphiheria.

Examinations for Diphiheria.

For Medical Practitioners.For M.O.H.For Wards (including Nose and Throat Swabs).Grand Total.
—+Total—+Total
123985132453°1654035285398
Outfits sent to the Town Hall.
Diphtheria.TubercleEnteric.C.S.M.Total.
10011268233292

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Blood Serum prepated.
574 dozen lubes at 5/- per dozen = £143 10s. od.

Table: Tuberculosis—Examination of Sputum.

Tuberculosis—Examination of Sputum.

For Medical PractitionersFor Tuberculosis Dispensary.For Borough Hospital.Grand Total.p
+—Total.+—Total.+—Total.4-—Total.
1346487829342251547146127410841358