Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.
The Council have made an arrangement with the University College
Hospital for the investigation and reporting upon pathological and bacteriological
specimens forwarded by the practitioners in the area. This provision
is largely used, as the table which follows very clearly shows:—
TABLE XX.
Total Number. | Positive. | Negative. | |
---|---|---|---|
Throat swabs for Diphtheria Bacillus | 1161 | 89 | 1072 |
Typhoid Fever, Blood Examinations (agglutination), Paratyphoid, etc. | 21 | 9 | 12 |
Tuberculosis, Sputum | 198 | 15 | 183 |
Hairs | — | — | — |
Urine for Typhoid, Paratyphoid, etc. | 10 | 1 | 9 |
Fceces for Typhoid, Paratyphoid, etc. | 14 | I | 13 |
Cerebro Spinal fluid for Meningococci, etc. | 1 | — | 1 |
Virulence tests | 111 | 25 | 86 |
Swabs for Haemolytic Streptococci | 43 | 12 | 31 |
Swabs for infecting organisms | 2 | — | 2 |
Blood cultural examination | 6 | — | 6 |
Pus for Tubercle Bacilli | 2 | — | 2 |
Pleural effusion for Tubercle Bacilli, etc. | 1 | — | 1 |
Urine for Tubercle Bacilli | 1 | — | 1 |
Glauber Salts for special chemical examination | 1 |