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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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14.
BACTERIOLOGICAL Examination
Bacteriological examinations were undertaken by the Bacteriological
Laboratory of the Medical Research Council which is accommodated at County Hall.
Records of examinations carried out are as follows
| Nose and Throat Swabs: | |||
| C. Diphtheriaa metis isolated | 2 | ||
| Haemolytic Streptococci present | 7 | ||
| Negative results | 49 | ||
| 58 | |||
| Faeces Specimens: | |||
| Shigella Sonnei isolated | 99 | ||
| Salmonella typhi-murium isolated | 13 | ||
| Salmonella Anaturn isolated | 1 | ||
| Salmonella Kentucky isolated | 3 | ||
| Negative results | 342 | ||
| 458 | |||
| Swimming bathwater examinations | 20 | ||
| Milk samples | 63 | ||
| Ice Cream samples | 12 | ||
| Cream Lolly samples | 27 | ||
| Foodstuff samples | 3 | ||
IV. TUBERCULOSIS
Notifications - Thirty one cases of pulmonary tuberculosis and three of non-pulmonary tuberculosis were notified during 1957 compared with 40 pulmonary and 4 non-pulmonary notifications in 1956. The following table gives the age grouping of new cases notified.
| FORMAL NOTIFICATIONS. Number of primary notifications of new cases. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGE PERIODS | 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 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 3 | - | 6 | 6 | - | 22 |
| “ Females | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 9 |
| Non-pulmonary, Males | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| “ Females | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Total | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | - | 6 | 6 | 1 | 34 |