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East Ham 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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REPORT ON THE BOROUGH BACTERIOLOGICAL LABORATORY.
During the year 1919 there were 681 specimens examined
for suspected Diphtheria, of which 233 were positive and 448
negative to K.L. B.
Results were communicated per telephone or sent by special
messenger to the medical practitioners concerned.
DISINFECTION.
1,293 premises were disinfected. The steam disinfector at
the Isolation Hospital is used for bedding and other articles requiring
disinfection.
PUBLIC HEALTH (Milk & Cream) REGULATIONS, 1912 & 1917.
240 samples of milk were analysed, all of these were free from
preservatives.
No samples of cream were taken.