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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 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table: Table No. 70.

Table No. 70.

Nature of Examination.Positive result.Negative result.Total.
1 Swabs for diphtheria bacilli3024,6124,914
2 Swabs for diphtheria bacilli with virulence test ...52530
3 Swabs for diphtheria bacilli with isolation on tellurite media——46
4 Sputum for tubercle bacilli25355380
5 Blood for Widal reaction10717
6 Blood cultures——7
7 Blood counts——9
8 Blood films for abnormal cells or parasites——2
9 Urine for chemical examination——29
10 Urine for microscopical examination——25
11 Urine for bacteriological examination——59
12 Faeces for bacteriological or chemical examination——54
13 Pleural fluids for bacteriological examination——1
14 Cerebro-spinal fluids—various examinations——76
15 Water for presumptive B. Coli test——120
16 Water for enumeration of total organisms——120
17 Swabs and smears for gonococci——71
18 Swabs and smears for Vincent's angina——17
19 Swabs and smears for streptococci and other organisms——320
20 Pus for organisms——2
21 Post-mortem specimens——2
22 Drugs for sterility——4
Total6,305

Table: Table No. 71.

Table No. 71.

Sources of Specimens Examined 1937.Total.
Municipal Hospital2,247
Private Practitioners2,252
Municipal Health Centres and Health Visitors1,502
Middlesex County Council Tuberculosis Dispensary22
Other Hospitals42
Borough Engineer's Department240
6,305

Table: Annual Number of Specimens.

Annual Number of Specimens.

19324,526
19335,908
19346,693
19357,774
19367,075
19376,305