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Hendon 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]

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49
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 Bacillus1161891072
Typhoid Fever, Blood Examinations (agglutination), Paratyphoid, etc.21912
Tuberculosis, Sputum19815183
Hairs
Urine for Typhoid, Paratyphoid, etc.1019
Fceces for Typhoid, Paratyphoid, etc.14I13
Cerebro Spinal fluid for Meningococci, etc.11
Virulence tests1112586
Swabs for Haemolytic Streptococci431231
Swabs for infecting organisms22
Blood cultural examination66
Pus for Tubercle Bacilli22
Pleural effusion for Tubercle Bacilli, etc.11
Urine for Tubercle Bacilli11
Glauber Salts for special chemical examination1