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East Ham 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]

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Bacteriological Examinations.
During the year 2,440 swabs were examined in the Hospital
for K.L.B., and of this number 192 were found to be positive.
Examinations for members of the typhoid/ para-typhoid group
in faeces were done in seven cases.

Laboratory Work.

Widal examinations7
Virulence tests for K.L.B. (Diphtheria)5
Examination of cerebro-spinal fluid2

Diphtheria Immunization.
During the year 66 patients were immunized by means of a
single dose of alum-precipitated diphtheria toxoid.
Diphtheria Carriers.
Two patients who proved to be virulent carriers following
an attack of diphtheria, were sent for treatment to the Guy's
Hospital Diphtheria Carrier Clinic, which later reported both
patients free from infection.

Operations.

The following operations were performed:—

Withdrawal of blood for measles serum1
Lumbar puncture2
Incision of pyaemic abscesses6
Incision of glandular abscesses17

Infection among Staff.

The following cases occurred:—

Diphtheria1
Scarlet Fever2
Tonsillitis21
Influenza11