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Battersea 1919

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea, Metropolitan Borough of]

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Legal Proceedings in Connection with Nuisances.
Legal proceedings in connection with nuisances were taken
by the Council in 23 cases during 1919. Particulars with regard
to each case are set out below.

Table: During the year 1919, 794 bacteriological examinations of specimens sent in by medical practitioners practising in the Borough of Battersea have been made at the Clinical Research Association Laboratories at a cost of £104 11s. 1d., particulars of which are set out in the following table:—

During the year 1919, 794 bacteriological examinations of specimens sent in by medical practitioners practising in the Borough of Battersea have been made at the Clinical Research Association Laboratories at a cost of £104 11s. 1d., particulars of which are set out in the following table:—

Suspected disease.Positive Results.Negative Results.Total.
Diphtheria95341436
Enteric fever2911
Tuberculosis74271845
Cerebro-spinal fever-22
Total171623794