[Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Essex County Council.

  • Essex (England). County Council.
Date:
1941
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Credit: [Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Essex County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    LABORATORY SERVICE. Dr. E V. Suckling, Bacteriologist for Essex, has kindly furnished the following runimary of the work carried out m his laboratory during the year ended 31st December! * thC ,deStrUCt:°n 0f,the L^oratory by enemy action on May Oth, 1941, the only records available for this report are for the 71 months period of May 15th to December 31st. These are as follows 2 1. Samples of Water. Chemical Analyses Bacteriological Examinations Samples of Sewage and Effluents Total 213 270 179 2. Samples of Milk and Other Foods. Milks : Ordinary Accredited and Tuberculin Tested Ordinary, as Accredited . . Pasteurised Phosphatase Test Sterilised Microscopical Examination Cultural Examination for Pathogens Milk bottles—Tests for sterility Ice Creams Other Foods Total Foods 146 122 42 76 51 1 2 3 27 470 17 30 — 517 3. Pathological Specimens. Oldchurch Public General County. Hospital. Assistance. Swabs : 4,429 269 107 Throat 2,795* 112* •** 56 Nose 1,350 29 49 Ear 36 9 0 Eye 63 * 78 0 Cervical and ► - ► Vaginal . . 82 31 2 Breast 78 0 0 Miscellaneous. . 25 10 0 Sputum . 2,669 J 279 - • • 5 Faeces . . 548 175 o • 9 Urine # . 1,846 0 • • 117 Blood . 693 142 • • 6 Pus 50 79 6 Cerebro-Spinal Fluid 112 101 9 9 0