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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
Bromley 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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OTHER SAMPLES AND SPECIMENS SUBMITTED
TO PATHOLOGICAL LABORATORY FOR
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION
30 empty milk bottles were submitted at intervals during the
year for bacteriological examination directly following their
treatment by the bottle washing machine of a local milk bottling
plant—all were found to be satisfactory.
12 samples of Frozen Egg were examined and were found
satisfactory—no pathogenic organisms being isolated.
Samples of foodstuffs, as below, were submitted to the Pathological Laboratory in connection with suspected cases of Food Poisoning, etc. These samples were found to be free of pathogenic organisms.
| Cockles | 1 |
| Meat | 1 |
| Sausage Meat | 1 |
| Trifle | 1 |
422 specimens of faeces and 4 specimens of urine were submitted from persons suspected to be suffering from infectious disease or food poisoning, or to be contacts of persons so suffering. The results were:—
| Faeces specimens | Positive | Negative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suspected Dysentery | 175 | 23 | 152 |
| Suspected Food Poisoning | 163 | 27 | 136 |
| Suspected Paratyphoid, etc. | 84 | — | 84 |
| Suspected Paratyphoid, etc. | 4 | — |