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 Barnes]
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GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES IN
THE AREA.
Table 17.— Laboratory Facilities. Specimens examined during the year were as follows:—
Sputa | 20 |
Swabs— Throat | 110 |
„ —Nose | 69 |
— Vagina | 1 |
Blood— Widal | 1 |
„ — Culture | 1 |
Cerebro-spinal fluid | 2 |
Faeces | 47 |
Urine | 11 |
Total | 262 |
*Table 18.— Domestic Help Scheme.
Illness | Chronic Invalidity | Aged & Infirm | AliscelJan. Reasons | Total | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sudden Em'cy | Serious | Tub. | ||||||
Number of 1947 cases still being attended on the 1st Jan., 1948 | - | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 32 | |
Number of NEW applications received during 1948 | 19 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 75 | |
TOTAL cases dealt with during 1948 | 19 | 25 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 14 | 107 | |
Cases attended during 1948 | 18 | 25 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 14 | 105 | |
Not Attended | Application withdrawn— other arrangements made | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
Domestic help not available | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Not within scope of scheme | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Totals | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 |