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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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BACTERIOLOGICAL WORK
The following table shows the number and nature of the specimens examined at the
Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale :—
Positive Negative
Throat/Nose Swabs :
Diphtheria Bacilli 1
Haemolytic Streptococci 31
Vincent's Angina 2
Coagulase Pos. Staphylococci 4
Faces :
Sonne Dysentery 104 |
Salmonella 20 I 377
Esch. Coli 2
Staphylococcus Aureus 2
Sputum :
T.B. Smear -
Other Organisms 2
168 1,262
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