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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
East Ham 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Laboratory Facilities.
As detailed in previous reports, the majority of the specimens
are now sent for examination to the East Ham Memorial Hospital.
The number and nature of these examinations for 1937 are shown below:—
| Specimen | Number |
|---|---|
| Blood (Sugar estimation) | 1 |
| Blood for Widal Test | 11 |
| Blood Clot (Tuberculosis) | 1 |
| Faeces | 9 |
| Mantoux Skin Test (Tuberculosis) | 47 |
| Pleural Effusion | X |
| Sputa (for Asbestosis) | 3 |
| Sputa (for Tuberculosis) | 982 |
| Sputa (for Tuberculosis-Antiformin method) | 37 |
| Swabs (for Tuberculosis) | 3 |
| Urine (for Typhoid) | 1 |
| Total | 1096 |
Pathological examinations carried out by Counties P. H. Laboratories during 1937:—
| Blood (for Widal Test) | 4 |
| Faeces (for Dysentery) | 3 |
| Faeces (for Typhoid) | 8 |
| Swabs (for Haemolytic Streptococci) | 56* |
| Virulence Test (for Diphtheria) | 5 |
| Total | 76 |
*Increase due to larger number of nurses
engaged in midwifery sent from Plaistow
Maternity Hospital to cases in this area and also
to Municipal midwives.
One specimen of blood for Widal Test was examined by the
Royal Institute of Public Health.
The same arrangements exist for the examination of suspected
diphtheria swabs as in previous years.