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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
Hackney 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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The increasing incidence of Lung Cancer is disturbing. 25 patients were
found to have the disease, and of these, only 8 cases were considered suitable
for operation."
VENEREAL DISEASE
There is one public clinic situated in Homerton Grove which is run by the
Hackney Hospital Management Committee, but the Council provides the venereal
Disease Social Worker to follow up cases and to track down the source of the
infection.
This clinic is available to anyone seeking advice. In respect of residents
in the Borough the number of new cases noted in the year was 240 (18 Syphilis
and 222 Gonorrhoea).
PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE
The Department has an arrangement whereby bacteriological specimens are
sent to the Public Health Laboratory.
The 5,002 specimens submitted for examination were reported on as follows:-
| Specimens | Number | Organisms | Results | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Negative | Positive | |||
| Throat and Nose Swabs | 1,811 | Diphtheria Bacilli | 1,721 | 40 |
| Haemolytic Streptococci | 103 | 20 | ||
| Vincent's Angina | 77 | 1 | ||
| Faeces and Rectal Swabs | 3, 114 | Pathogens | 2, 936 | - |
| Salmonella Brandenberg | - | 1 | ||
| Salmonella Enteriditis | - | 2 | ||
| Salmonella London | - | 7 | ||
| Salmonella Paratyphi B | - | 2 | ||
| Salmonella Typhimurium | - | 17 | ||
| Shigella Sonnei | - | 142 | ||
| B. Coli | - | 7 | ||
| Urine | 62 | Pathogens | 62 | - |
| Sputum | 15 | Pathogens | 14 | - |
| Staphylococci | - | 1 | ||