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Hackney 1968

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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The Department is able to provide a number of services for the tuberculous and a summary of the help available is set out overleaf:-

Home NursingNumber of patients being attended by home nurses at the end of the year2
Home HelpNumber of cases serviced by a home help during the year31
Extra nourishmentNumber of cases receiving extra nourishment at end of year118
Boarding outNumber of children placed during year9

VENEREAL DISEASE
The Hackney Group 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:-

HospitalNo. of new cases in yearTotal
GonorrhoeaSyphilis
Moorfields-66
Homerton Grove42845473
London32431355
Prince of Wales93-93
St. Thomas'516
Tot al85083933

PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE

Bacteriological specimens are sent to the Public Health Laboratory at County Hall, S.E.1 and analysis of the 1,501 specimens submitted for examination is set out below:-

SpecimensNumberOrganismsResults
NegativePositive
Throat and Nose Swabs119Diphtheria Bacilli110_
Haemolytic Streptococci6843
Vincent's Angina115-
Faeces and Rectal Swabs1,330Pathogens1,066-
Salmonella Enteritidis-2
Salmonella Paratyphi B-1
Salmonella Typhimurium-5
Shigella Sonnei-250
Salmonella Typhi-4
Salmonella Derby-2
Urine52Pathogens52-