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Shoreditch 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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Table No. 50
| Swabs for B. diphtheriae | 883 |
| Swabs for virulence test | 9 |
| Sputum for tubercle bacilli | 83 |
| Swabs for gonococci | 28 |
| Blood for Wasserman reaction | 345 |
| Blood counts | 75 |
| Blood, for typhoid, etc. | 1 |
| Blood, for pertussis | 1 |
| Stools for infective organisms | 130 |
| Urine for tubercle bacilli | 1 |
| Pus for tubercle bacilli | 2 |
| Routine examination of milk | 91 |
| Milk, for Brucella abortus | 42 |
| Milk, re souring, spores, etc. | 1 |
| Milks, for phosphatase test | 4 |
| Maternity outfits (for sterility) | 3 |
| Material in bread | 1 |
| Meat pie : complete examination | 1 |
| Watercress for infective organisms | 2 |
| Ice cream for infective organisms | 1 |
| Paste for infective organisms | 2 |
| Celery for infective organisms | 4 |
| Sausage for infective organisms | 3 |
| 1,713 |
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BACTERIOLOGICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS
With the exception of those carried out at the Tuberculosis Dispensary, all the
examinations made directly on behalf of the Borough Council were performed by
Dr. F. H. Teale at the University College Hospital Medical School, and the following
is a summary of the work done by him for the Borough:—
Examinations by Bacteriologists other than Dr. Teale:—
| Swabs for B. diphtheriae | 7 |
FOOD POISONING
During the year thirteen notifications of suspected food poisoning were received.
These cases appeared to be minor gastric disturbances, possibly due to dietetic
indiscretions.