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Dr. H. Vicars Crossfield:
Tuesdays : 10.0 a.m.—12 p.m.
Wednesdays: 10 a.m.—12 p.m. and 2—4 p.m.
Dr. John Sorley :
Thursdays: 10 a.m.—12 p.m. and 6—8 p.m.
Close co-operation is maintained between the tuberculosis
officer, who is appointed by the Essex County Council, and the
medical officer of health. The arrangements as set forth in the
report of the year 1913 have been continued.
BACTERIOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS.
The arrangements made by the County Council of Essex with
Dr. John Beale, Essex Public Health Laboratory, 91, Queen
Victoria Street, E.C.4, for the examination of specimens sent by
any Authority throughout the County, is being continued.
The following specimens were sent:—
Diphtheria 465
Ringworm 116
Sputum 11
Widal's Test 2
CANCER.
There were 149 deaths during the year, giving a death-rate
of 116 per 1,000 of the population.
INQUESTS.
The following verdicts were recorded at Inquests held in the
district during the year:—
Natural Causes 45
Accident 16
Want of proper attention at birth 3
Accidental suffocation in bed with parents 1
Accidentally overlain 1
Suffocation while in state of intoxication 1
Suicide (1 self-inflicted wound, 1 hanging,
4 coal gas poisoning, 1 carbolic acid
poisoning, 1 shock of corrosive
poisoning, 1 jumping from balcony) 9