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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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14.
During the year the Public Health Laboratory Service, which is directed
by the Medical Research Council for the Ministry of Health and carries out
the examination of swabs, specimens, etc. free of charge, was approached with
a view to their undertaking the work on behalf of this Council. This they
agreed to do at their Central Laboratory at Colindale From the middle of
November to the end of the year they carried out the following examinations:-
This they agreed to do at their Central Laboratory at Colindale From the middle of November to the end of the year they carried out the following examinations:-
| Swabs for Diphtheria bacilli | 50 |
| Swabs for Haemolytic Streptococci | 50 |
| Swabs for organisms of Vincent's | |
| Angina | 25 |
| Faeces specimens | 11 |
| Ice Cream | 4 |
IV. - TUBERCULOSIS.
Notifications - Fifty eight new cases of pulmonary tuberculosis and 13 of non-pulmonary tuberculosis were notified during 1949 compared with 73 pulmonary and 8 non-pulmonary notifications in 1948 The following table gives details regarding the ages of notification of pulmonary and non-pulmonary cases respectively :-
| AGE PERIODS. | FORMAL NOTIFICATIONS Number of primary notifications of new cases | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 - 1 | 1-2 | 2-5 | 5-10 | 10 - 15 | 15 - 20 | 20 - 25 | 25 - 35 | 35 - 45 | 45 - 55 | 55 - 65 | 65 - 75 | 75 and upwards | (Total (all ages) | |
| Pulmonary, Males | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | - | 30 |
| " Females | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 28 |
| Non-pulmonary, Males | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 9 |
| " Females | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | |
| Total | 1 | - | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 1 | - | 71 |