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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.
I am indebted to the Borough Pathologist, Dr. H.w. Soughgate, At the Laboratory, Croydon Gerneral Hospital.
| For private practitioners | Mayday Hospital | For Borough Hospital | For Tab. Dispensary | For School Medical. | Other Instnss of Corporation | Other Instns. | Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Neg | Pos. | Neg. | Pos | Neg. | Pos. | Neg. | Pos | • Neg. | Pos. | Neg. | Pos | Neg | Pos. | Neg | |||
| Swabs for Diphtheria | 160 | 1,334 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 82 | 3,645 | 1 | 47 | 477 | 305 | 5467 | |||||
| "Virulence tests for Diphtheria | 4 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Sputum for Tub. Bac. | 81 | 580 | 591 | 907 | 13 | 7? | — 685 | 1559 | ||||||||||
| Pus for Tub. Bac | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 50 | |||||||
| Pus for Gonococci | 10 | 63 | 1 | 73 | ||||||||||||||
| Pus for other organisms | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 48 | 153 | 12 | 227 | |||||||||
| Blood for Typhoid Groups | 1 | 18 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 45 | |||||||||||
| Blood for Wassermann | 3 | 147 | 5 | 29 | 155 | |||||||||||||
| Material for Spiroehaetes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Faeces for Typhoid Group | 7 | ' | 3 | 22 | ||||||||||||||
| Hair for Ringworm | 9 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Examination of Urine | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 2 | 45 | |||||||||||
| Examination of Pleural Fluid | 1 | | | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Examination of C.S. Fluid | 20 | 1 | 1 | 21 | ||||||||||||||
| Other Examinations | 13 | 168 | 6 | - ' | 140 | 76 | 5 | 4 | 35 | |||||||||