Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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BACTERIOLOGICAL LABORATORY, 1923.
Nature of Specimen. | Disease Suspected. | Sent by Local Medical Practitioners. | Sent by Medical Officer of Health. | Sent by School Medical Officer. | Sent from Isolation Hospital. | Totals. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pos. | Neg. | Pos. | Neg. | Pos. | Neg. | Pos. | Neg. | Pos. | Neg. | ||
Swabs—Throat | Diphtheria | 68 | 381 | - | 25 | 8 | 68 | 89 | 273 | 165 | 747 |
„ —Nose | 1 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 40 | 27 | 75 | |
Hairs | Ringworm | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 71 | 72 | — | — | 73 | 74 |
Sputum | Tuberculosis | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Urine | Tuberculous | — | - | - | — | - | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Urine | Other abnormalities | — | - | — | 9 | 7 | 69 | 6 | - | 13 | 78 |
Smears—Vaginal | Gonorrhœa | — | 1 | 1 | 23 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 24 |
„ Conjunctival | Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | 1 | 7 | - | — | — | - | 1 | 7 |
Contact Swabs—Nose | Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 7 | - | — | 5 | 10 |
„ „ —Throat | Diphtheria | 1 | 65 | 5 | 37 | 3 | 23 | - | — | 9 | 125 |
Smear | Anthrax | 1 | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Totals | 298 | 1153 | |||||||||
Grand Total | 1,451. |