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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 1961

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]

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BACTERIOLOGICAL WORK

Table: The following table shows the number and nature of the specimens examined at the Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale, during 1961:-

The following table shows the number and nature of the specimens examined at the Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale, during 1961:-

PositiveNegative
Throat/Nose Swabs:
Diptheria Bacilli- .93
Haemolytic Streptococci36
Vincent's Angina2
Coagulase Pos. Staphylococci13
Faeces:
Sonne Dysentery32273
Salmonella22
Coagulase Pos. Staphylococci-
Clostridium Welchii-
Esch. Coli-
Occult Blood Test1
Threadworm2
Tapeworm2
Sputum:
T.B. Smear-19
Other Organisms6
Whooping Cough:
Cough Plate-1
Post-nasal Swab2
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RESEARCH
In connection with food poisoning a survey of organic fertilisers and animal
feeding stuffs continues in collaboration with the Public Health Laboratory Service,
Colindale, and the Public Health Department, Hendon. A joint report prepared during
the latter half of the year was published in the "Lancet" on the 17th February, 1962,
and I give below a brief summary of its contents.
"In recent years many materials which are sold for pet foods or garden fertilizers
have been shown to be contaminated with salmonella organisms. Galton et al. (1955)
found that over 26 per cent. of samples of dehydrated dog meals contained salmonellae
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