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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 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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Some health education has been done in respect of venereal disease
but it is regretted that it probably falls far short of what might be
done.
Details in respect of Hackney residents attending the Homerton Grove Clinic, the only one situated in Hackney, 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 | 388 | 16 | 404 |
| Moorfields | - | 5 | 5 |
| London | 365 | 40 | 405 |
| Prince of Wales | 88 | 2 | 90 |
| St. Thomas' | 5 | - | 5 |
| Middlesex | 29 | - | 29 |
| St. Bartholomews | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| Queen Mary's | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Westminster | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total: | 887 | 68 | 955 |
PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE
Bacteriological specimens are sent to the Public Health Laboratory at County Hall, S.E.I, and an analysis of the 721 specimens submitted for examination is set out below:-
| Specimens | Number | Organisms | Results | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Negative | Positive | |||
| Throat and Nose Swabs | 89 | Diphtheria Bacilli | 89 | - |
| Haemolytic Streptococci | 67 | 22 | ||
| Vincent's Angina | 88 | 1 | ||
| Faeces and Rectal | 581 | Pathogens | 500 | - |
| Salmonella Enteritidis | - | 1 | ||
| Salmonella Paratyphi B | - | 10 | ||
| Salmonella Typhimurium | - | 9 | ||
| Shigella Sonnei | - | 53 | ||
| Salmonella Typhi | - | 1 | ||
| Salmonella Isangi | - | 5 | ||
| Salmonella Indiana | - | 1 | ||
| Bact. E. Coli. | - | 2 | ||
| Urine | 51 | Pathogens | 51 | - |