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MISCELLANEOUS.
Insulin Treatment.
This service, which was commenced by the Council in 1928
with the sanction of the Ministry of Health. There are now two
persons receiving treatment.
The cost to the Council up to the end of 1932 was £30 14s. 3d.
Bacteriological Examinations.
During the year 2,433 bacteriological examinations were
made at the Lister Institute.
The following Table shows the number of examinations
in each sub-district and for the whole Borough, also the disease
for which the examination was made, and the result.
TABLE XLV.
Clapham.
Putney.
Balham.
Streatham.
Tooting.
Wandsworth.
Whole
Borough.
Diphtheria:-
Negative
380
157
229
625
207
643
2241
Positive
32
6
30
27
12
72
179
Enteric Fever:—
Negative
-
2
1
6
1
2
12
Positive
-
1
-
-
-
-
1
Total
412
1(50
260
658
220
717
2,433
Examinations of Sputum made at the Dispensary are not
included in the above figures.