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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

Willesden 1916

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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83
Other Diseases.
Six patients suffering from diseases not as a rule treated in
this Hospital were admitted for special reasons. They were :
Measles, 4; German Measles, 1; Erysipelas, 1.

Table: Table No. 56.Return showing the number of bacteriological examinations conducted in the Hospital laboratory during the year 1916.

Table No. 56.

Return showing the number of bacteriological examinations conducted in the Hospital laboratory during the year 1916.

Nature of Specimens examined.Positive Result.Negative Result.Total.
1. Throat and Nose Swabs for Diphtheria Bacilli etc.129562691
2. Sputum for Tubercle Bacilli37163200
3. Blood for Widal Test—99
4. Other Diseases6—6
Total172734906