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Ealing 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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The Tuberculosis Officer has very kindly supplied the following
information with respect to cases of tuberculosis from the district:—
Number of persons examined for the first time
by the Tuberculosis Officer :—
(a)Tuberculosis of Lungs 59
(b) Other forms of Tuberculosis 10
Number of persons kept under treatment at the
Middlesex County Council Dispensary, Ealing 144
Number sent to Sanatoria 52
Number sent to Hospital 25
No action has been called for, either under the Public Health
(Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925, or under Section
62 of the Public Health Act, 1925.
Laboratory Work .—At the public health laboratory the following specimens were examined in connection with the diagnosis and control of infectious disease :—
| Positive | Negative | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria:Ealing | 28 | 764 | 792 |
| Isolation Hospital | 39 | 1,312 | 1,351 |
| Tuberculosis: Ealing | 50 | 222 | 272 |
| Miscellaneous: Ealing | 14 | 14 | 28 |
| Total | 131 | 2,312 | 2,443 |
Disinfection.—Besides the steam disinfector at the Isolation
Hospital, which is chiefly used for the disinfection of articles in
the hospital itself, there are steam disinfectors at North Ealing and
Hanwell. With motor transport, however, it is quite unnecessary
to use the apparatus at Hanwell.
The amount of disinfection carried out in connection with
infectious disease was as follows :—
Rooms disinfected by formalin spray
(a)Tuberculosis 99
(b)Other Infectious Disease 351
Articles disinfected in Steam Disinfector:—
(a)Tuberculosis 399
(b)Other Infectious Disease 1,091