Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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.
Specimen | Number | |
---|---|---|
Blood (Sedimentation Rate) | 203 | 288 |
Blood (Count) | 69 | |
Blood (Wassermann) | 3 | |
Blood (Other) | 13 | |
Sputa (Tuberculosis, Direct method) | 1,038 | 1,122 |
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) | 3 | 15 |
Pleural Fluid (Malignant cells) | 1 | |
Pleural Fluid (Other) | 11. | |
Urine (AZ test) | 5 | 38 |
Urine (Sugar) | 9 | |
Urine (Tuberculosis) | 3 | |
Urine (Other) | 21 | |
Faeces (Tuberculosis) | 2 | 7 |
Faeces (Dysentery and Typhoid) | 2 | |
Faeces (Other) | 3 | |
Other | 49 | |
Total | 1,569 |
The number of diphtheria Swabs examined at the Infectious Diseases Hospital and Town Hall Annexe Laboratory, was as follows:-
Number | Positive | Negative | |
---|---|---|---|
Infectious Diseases Hospital | 812 | 58 | 754 |
Town Hall Annexe | 1,250 | 6 | 1,244 |
Totals | 2,062 | 64 | 1,998 |