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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

Richmond upon Thames 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]

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Table: The following are particulars of the specimens forwarded for bacteriological investigations.

The following are particulars of the specimens forwarded for bacteriological investigations.

DATE OF REPORT.DISEASE SUSPECTED.RESULT.NOTIFICATION BY DOCTOR.
January 24thEnteric FeverPositiveNotified as suffering from the Disease
March 22ndDiphtheria„Ditto
April 4th„Negative
„ 7th„„
May 5th„„
July 4thEnteric Fever„
13th„Slightly Positive
October 3rdDiphtheriaNegative
November 2nd„„
„ 3rd„„
December 1st„„Notified as suffering from the Disease
„ 21st„PositiveDitto

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The case under date December 1st, although notified, in the
ultimate opinion of the medical practitioner, was not Diphtheria.