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East Ham 1947

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

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the facilities provided at the Sector Laboratory of St. Margaret's
Hospital, Epping.
Detailed below are the number of specimens examined and the
nature of these examinations, for the year 1947:—

East Ham Memorial Hospital.

SpecimenNumber
Blood (Sedimentation Rate)203288
Blood (Count)69
Blood (Wassermann)3
Blood (Other)13
Sputa (Tuberculosis, Direct method)1,0381,122
Sputa (Tuberculosis, Antiformin method)40
Sputa (Tuberculosis, Culture)5
Sputa (Asbestosis)1
Sputa (Malignant cells)17
Sputa (Other)21
Mantoux Test (Tuberculosis)45
Gastric Lavage (Tuberculosis)5
Pleural Fluid (Tuberculosis)315
Pleural Fluid (Malignant cells)1
Pleural Fluid (Other)11.
Urine (AZ test)538
Urine (Sugar)9
Urine (Tuberculosis)3
Urine (Other)21
Faeces (Tuberculosis)27
Faeces (Dysentery and Typhoid)2
Faeces (Other)3
Other49
Total1,569

The number of diphtheria Swabs examined at the Infectious Diseases Hospital and Town Hall Annexe Laboratory, was as follows:-

NumberPositiveNegative
Infectious Diseases Hospital81258754
Town Hall Annexe1,25061,244
Totals2,062641,998