[Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Blackpool County Borough.

  • Blackpool (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1942
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Credit: [Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Blackpool County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Laboratory Facilities.—As in previous years Bacteriological and Pathological Specimens arc examined at the Municipal Health Centre, at the Pathological Laboratory at the Victoria Hospital, and at the University Laboratory, Manchester. Specimens examined at the Municipal Health Centre.— Swabs for Diphtheria Bacilli 2,853 Sputa for Tubercle Bacilli ... 1,108 Smears, etc., for Gonococci 906 Urine for Tubercle Bacilli, etc. 14 4,881 Specimens examined at the Pathological Laboratory, Victoria Hospital.— Throat Swabs 630 Sputa ... 3 Faeces ... 94 Urine ... 120 Widals 7 Cerebro-Spinal Fluid 122 Smears for Gonococci 117 Blood ... 119 Prostate Secretion (Gonococci) 96 Food ... 2 Others 18 1,328 Specimens examined at University Laboratory, Manchester. Wassermann Tests ... ... ... ... 1,022 G.C.F. Tests 192 Kahn Tests ... ... ... ... ... 5 1,219 Isolation Hospital.—The following Table shows the number of cases of various diseases treated at the Isolation Hospital. lJuring the year the number of available beds were increased bj^ the provision of two hutments given by the Ministry of Health. The number of beds