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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

Finchley 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]

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Miscellaneous
The following cases were also notified:—
Dysentery 9
Erysipelas 6
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 20
Vaccination against Smallpox
The number of persons vaccinated for the first time by General
Practitioners and Medical Officers of the Local Health Authority
was five hundred and ninety-three.
Two hundred and fifty-eight persons were re-vaccinated.

Table: Bacteriological WorkThe following table shows the number and nature of the specimens examined at the Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale, during 1955:—

Bacteriological Work

The following table shows the number and nature of the specimens examined at the Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale, during 1955:—

Throat/Nose Swabs:PositiveNegative
Diphtheria Bacilli-229
Hemolytic Streptococci54
Vincent's Angina4
Faeces:
Sonne Dysentery3118
Salmonella7
Clostridium Welchii25
Sputum:
T.B. Smear1052
Other Organisms-
Whooping Cough:
Cough Plate-2
Post-nasal Swab3
106401