London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Laboratory Facilities.
Up to 4/7/48, the following specimens were examined at the
East Ham Memorial Hospital:—
Specimen Number
Blood (Sedimentation Rate) 15
Blood (Count) 52
77
Blood (Wassermann) 9
Blood (Other) 1
Sputa (Tuberculosis, Direct Method) 559""
Sputa (Tuberculosis, Antiformin method) 28
Sputa (Tuberculosis, Culture) 45 649
Sputa (Malignant Cells) 15
Sputa (Other) 2
Mantoux Test (Tuberculosis) 30
Urine (AZ Test) 2
Urine (Sugar) 1 32
Urine (Other) 29
Faeces (Tuberculosis) 1
Faeces (Dysentery and Typhoid) 5
Faeces (Other) 1
Others 25
Total 818
Ambulance Facilities.
Full details, including statistics, will be found in that portion
of the report dealing with the Services carried out under the
National Health Service Act, 1946.