London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Ealing 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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Sanitary Administration of the District
logical specimens submitted by general practitioners
and by members of the Public Health Staff. The
presence of a laboratory in the district is a decided acquisition
not only to the practitioners in the nieghbourhood
but to the Department, for it enables a diagnosis
to be carried out with the least possible delay and with
the least possible trouble in the transmission of the
specimens. Besides, the laboratory will effect a considerable
saving in expenditure for the cost of the examination
of specimens at the commercial laboratories has
been going up with the cost of other services.
The following is a summary of the examinations carried out during the year:—
| Positive. | Negative. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | 19 | 47 | 66 |
| Tuberculosis | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Others | — | 3 | 3 |
| 21 | 53 | 74 | |
| At Public Health Laboratory (after July 1st): | |||
| Positive. | Negative. | Total. | |
| Diphtheria | Hospital 41 | 93 | 134 |
| Private 18 | 81 | 99 | |
| Tuberculosis | 5 | 23 | 28 |
| Others | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 68 | 203 | 271 | |