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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 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: At the Laboratory, Croydon General Hospital.

At the Laboratory, Croydon General Hospital.

For private practitionersMayday Hos.For Borough HospitalFor Chest ClinicFor School MedicalOther Instns. of CorporationOther InstitutionsTotal
Pos.Neg.Pos.Neg.Pos.Neg.Pos.Neg.Pos.Neg.Pos.Neg.Pos.Neg.Pos.Neg.
Swabs for Diphtheria35890...............13593742435198792269
Virulence tests for Diphtheria.........19...............1.........101
Sputum for Tub. Bac.42435............8361276............241869021897
Pus for Tub. Bac....8...121............135......345
Pus for Gonococci....12.....................4...71.........87
Pus for other organisms....16...1...3.........3...50.........73
Blood for Typhoid Groups...2...........................18.........20
Blood for Wassermann....1326209...3...1...1...15......26242
Material for Spirochaetes................................................
Faeces for Typhoid Group2341..................18 6 Sonne24......11 6Sonne59
Hair for Ringworm........................3411......45
Examination of Urine3...1......33...37
Examination of Pleural Fluid3............2...5
Examination of C.S.Fluid...45...............45
Other Examinations488472......27832721567

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