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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

Heston and Isleworth 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]

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Table: COUNCIL LABORATORY, 1926.

COUNCIL LABORATORY, 1926.

TotalPositive.
(a) Swabs for Diphtheria sent by Medical Practitioners16319
Sub-cultures00
Taken from Schools, Clinics and from Contacts74429
Sub-cultures41
Sent from Staines Joint Isolation Hospital25512
Sub-cultures00
St. Mary's School, North Hyde00
Sub-cultures00
Total cultures examined116661
Yirulency Tests96
(b) Blood examination for Typhoid Widal Tests10
(c) Cerebro Spinal Fluid Examinations32
(d) Specimens of Sputum for Tubercule Bacilli:—
Sent by Medical Practitioners including 1 from Staines Isolation Hospital6812
Total7214
(ie) Hairs for Kingworm—
Taken at Schools or Clinics2113
(f) Other Specimens—
Urine130
Discharge165
Specimen examined for Dysentery1
Pathological Specimen1
Milk11