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Croydon 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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94
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.
I am indebted to the Borough Pathologist, Dr H. W.
Southgate, for the figures given in the appended tables:

Table: Table XV.At the Laboratory, Croydon General Hospital.

Table XV.

At the Laboratory, Croydon General Hospital.

Swabs for DiphtheriaVirulence tests for DiphtheriaSputum for Tub. Bac.Pus for Tub. Bac.Pus for GonococciPus for other organismsBlood for Typhoid GroupsBlood for WassermannMaterial for SpirochaetesFaeces for Typhoid GroupHair for RingwormExamination of UrineExamination of Pleural FluidExamination of C.S. FluidOther Examinations
Other InstitutionsNeg.473193.........111...2...1......18
Pos.32...18.........20.........2
Other Instns. of CorporationNeg.10......12435129634...22...145......417
Pos...................10............
For School MedicalNeg.36891.......................................
Pos.1614........................
For Tub. DispensaryNeg.2...715....................................
Pos....459.....................
For Borough HospitalNeg.24...327...1...1.........314
Pos....8......2...1............
Mayday Hos.Neg.167...1634615248926207...1823001858377
Pos.3...12239...2831......8
For private practitionersNeg.15891672134211791...119...80...538
Pos.1911114...5...261......17...
[###]Swabs for DiphtheriaVirulence tests for DiphtheriaSputum for Tub. Bac.Pus for Tub. Bac.Pus for GonococciPus for other organismsBlood for Typhoid GroupsBlood for WassermannMaterial for SpirochaetesFaeces for Typhoid GroupHair for RingwormExamination of UrineExamination of Pleural FluidExamination of C.S. FluidOther Examinations