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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
Ilford 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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reliable, and wherever the clinical appearance is against
Diphtheria, confirmatory evidence should be obtained from
the culture before removing the patient to the Isolation
Hospital.
The results obtained may be classified as follows:—
Swabs from Isolation Hospital:—
Positive (Diphtheria) 35
Negative (Hoffmann's bacillus) —
Negative 89
Total 124
Swabs from Local Medical Practitioners:—
Positive (Diphtheria) 66
Negative (Hoffmann's bacillus) 1
Negative 128
Total 195
Swabs from School Medical Officer:—
Positive (Diphtheria) 9
Negative (Hoffmann's bacillus) 2
Negative 28
Total 39
Swabs from Medical Officer of Health: —
Positive (Diphtheria) 1
Negative (Hoffmann's bacillus) —
Negative 7
Total 8
Total number of Swabs, 366.