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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 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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Home Nursing No. of patients being attended by home nurses
at the end of the year 8
Home Help No. of cases serviced by a home help during
year 37
Extra nourishment No. of cases receiving extra nourishment at
end of year 124
Boarding out No. of children placed during year 3
VENEREAL DISEASE
The Hackney Hospital Management Committee maintain two clinics, one at
Homerton Grove and the other at the Mothers' Hospital, but the Council provides
the venereal diseases social worker who follows up cases and endeavours to
trace the source of infection.
Details in respect of Hackney residents attending these clinics are set out below. Some residents from Hackney are known to attend clinics outside the Borough and details from other hospitals are also included.
| Hospital | No. of new cases in year | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gonorrhoea | Syphilis | ||
| Homerton Grove | 317 | 18 | 335 |
| London | 278 | 23 | 301 |
| Mothers' | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Prince of Wales | 72 | - | 72 |
| St. Bartholomew's | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| St. Thomas' | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 636 | 47 | 733 | |
Bacteriological specimens are sent to the Public Health Laboratory at County Hall, S.E.1 and analysis of the 2,773 specimens submitted for examination is set out below:-
| Specimens | Number | Organisms | Results | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Negative | Positive | |||
| Throat and Nose Swabs | 102 | Diphtheria Bacilli | 101 | - |
| Hæmolytic Streptococci | 77 | 23 | ||
| Vincent's Angina | 89 | 1 | ||
| Faeces and Rectal Swabs | 2, 573 | Pathogens | 2, 352 | |
| Salmonella Brandenberg | - | 6 | ||
| Salmonella Paratyphi B | - | 2 | ||
| Salmonella Xyphimurium | - | 33 | ||
| Shigella Sonnei | - | 171 | ||
| Salmonella Typhi | - | 9 | ||
| Urine | 98 | Pathogens | 98 | - |