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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

Woolwich 1921

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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110
SANITARY ADMINISTRATION.
SANITARY STAFF. The staff of the Public Health Department
is shown in detail on pages 3 and 4.
PUBLIC ANALYST. The detailed results of the various
analyses during the year are given under the section on the
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS. Bacteriological
examinations are carried out at the Dreadnought Hospital,
Greenwich, by Dr. Arthur Davies. Each examination cost
4s. The number and nature of the various examinations
made during the year is shown below for comparative purposes;
the total number in 1920 is also given.

Table: TABLE No. 59.

TABLE No. 59.

Associated diseasePositive resultNegative resultTotal.Total. 1920
Diphtheria122844966845
Enteric Fever28106
Tuberculosis38168206202
1621,0201,1821,053