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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
Southgate 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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| Swabs for Haemolytic streptococci | - | - | - | 19 |
| Sputa for Tubercle bacilli | - | 2 | 15 | 116 |
| Pus for Tubercle bacilli | - | - | - | 1 |
| Total | 2,225 | (1939, | 3r507) | |
The decrease in the work carried out at
the laboratory was due to the continued small number
of patients treated at the Isolation Hospital.
Specimens sent to Clinical Research Association;
| Faeces for Typhoid | Negative 10 |
| Positive 1 | |
| Blood 11 " " | Negative 9 |
| Positive 4 | |
| Cerebro-spinal fluid | " 1 |
Specimens sent to laboratory at the Prince of Wales's Hospital.
| Cerebro-spinal fluid | Negative 2 |
| Positive 4 | |
| Swabs for meningococci | Negative 43 |
| Positive 6 | |
| (17 negative & 6 positive were military contacts) | |
| Swab from eye for gonococci Faeces for Typhoid | Negative 1 |
| 2 | |
| Blood | Positive 1 |
| Negative 4 | |
| " " blood count | 1 |
| Pleural fluid | 1 |
| Pus for staphylococcus aureus | Positive 1 |
| " " tubercle bacilli | Negative 1 |
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