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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
Shoreditch 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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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 University College Hospital Medical School, and the following is a
summary of the work done by him for the borough:—
| Swabs for b. diphtheriae | 880 |
| Swabs for virulence test | 10 |
| Sputum for tubercle bacilli | 47 |
| Swabs for haemolytic streptococci | 24 |
| Swabs for gonococci | 16 |
| Swabs for complete examination | 13 |
| Blood for Wasserman reaction | 340 |
| Blood counts | 9 |
| Blood, for typhoid, etc. | 5 |
| Blood agglutination test | 9 |
| Stools for infective organisms | 136 |
| Stool for tubercle bacilli | 1 |
| Urine „ „ „ | 1 |
| Urine for complete examination | 12 |
| Pus for tubercle bacilli | 1 |
| Routine examination of milk | 92 |
| Milk, for brucella abortus | 40 |
| Milk, re souring, spores, etc. | 1 |
| Milks, for phosphatase test | 2 |
| Water: complete examination | 15 |
| Fish: complete examination | 1 |
| Potato chips: complete examination | 1 |
| Broth : complete examination | 1 |
| Margarine: complete examination | 2 |
| Cheese for infective organisms | 1 |
| Celery for infective organisms | 2 |
| 1,662 |
Examinations by bacteriologists other than Dr. Teale:—
Swabs for b. diphtheriae 15