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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 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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BACTERIOLOGICAL LABORATORY, 1925.
| Nature of Specimen. | Disease Suspected. | Sent by Local Medical Practitioners. | Sent by Medical Officer of Health. | Sent by School Medical Officer. | Sent from Isolation Hospital. | Totals. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Neg. | Pos. | Neg. | Pos. | Neg. | Pos. | Neg. | Pos. | Neg. | ||
| Swabs-Throat | Diphtheria | 34 | 262 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 54 | 38 | 149 | 77 | 470 |
| „ -Nose, Ear, Eye, &c | 1 | 13 | - | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 33 | |
| „ -Throat Contacts | „ | 1 | 41 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 6 | - | - | 5 | 74 |
| ,, -Nose Contacts | „ | 1 | 7 | 3 | 16 | - | 3 | - | - | 4 | 26 |
| Hairs | Ringworm | - | 3 | 28 | 45 | - | - | 31 | 46 | ||
| Urine | Various abnormalities | - | 7 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 20 | ||
| Totals | 137 | 609 | |||||||||
| Grand Total | 806. | ||||||||||
Direct Smears from swabs were examined in 16 cases.
There were also 17 swabs from Scarlet Fever cases examined
for experimental purposes.
22 diphtheritic specimens were sent to a laboratory in London
for a test for virulence. 14 were avirulent, 8 virulent.