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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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15.
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.
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. Diphtheriae mitis isolated | ||
| Haemolytic Streptococci present | 6 | |
| Negative results | 70 | 76 |
| Faeces Specimens: Shigella Sonnei isolated | 49 | |
| Salmonella typhi-murium isolated | 3 | |
| Salmonella Newport isolated | 4 | |
| Negative results | 256 | |
| 312 | ||
| Swimming bath water examinations | 24 | |
| Milk samples | 31 | |
| Ice Cream samples | 27 | |
| Foodstuff samples | 11 |
TUBERCULOSIS.
Notifications - Twenty four cases of pulmonary tuberculosis and three of non-pulmonary tuberculosis were notified during 1962 compared with 26 pulmonary and 1 non-pulmonary notification in 1961. The following table gives the age grouping of new cases notified.
| 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 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | 15 |
| " Females | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||||||||
| Non-pulmonary, Males | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | |||||||||
| " Females | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Total | - | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 27 | ||||||