[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, Derbyshire County Council.

  • Derbyshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1937
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Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, Derbyshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    BAOTERIOLOGIOAL LABORATORY. During the year, 35,010 bacteriological examinations were made at the County Laboratory, compared with 30,006 in the previous year. The following Table shows the origin of the specimens :— TABLE VII. Medical Practitioners ... ... 7,692 Hospitals ... ... ... ... ... ... 8,454 Venereal Diseases Scheme ... ... ... ... 4,800 Dispensary Staff ... ... ... ... ... 2,178 School Medical Staff ... 3,691 Waters taken by County M.O.H. Dept. ... ... 40 Waters taken by Local Authorities ... ... ... 120 Waters taken by Other Persons ... ... ... 85 Hairs for Ringworm (other than Schools) ... ... 27 Examinations under Superannuation Act ... ... 168 Milk Inoculations :— Tuberculosis Order ... ... ... ... ... 10 Milk and Dairies Act ... ... ... ... 2,182 Routine Samples ... ... ... ... ... 330 Milk for Methylene Blue Reduction Test:— Accredited Milk Scheme ... ... ... ... 2,011 Routine Samples ... ... ... ... ... 246 Milk for Bacterial Count:— Accredited Milk Scheme ... ... ... ... 11 Routine Samples ... ... ... ... ... 30 Milk for Bacillus Coli:— Accredited Milk Scheme ... ... ... ... 2,021 Routine Samples ... ... ... ... ... 241 Milk, Direct Examinations:— Pos. Neg. Tuberculosis Order ... ... ... 6 9 Milk and Dairies Act ... ... 1 - 7 9 16 Miscellaneous Examinations, Milk and Dairies Act 43 Miscellaneous Examinations, Tuberculosis Order 1 Outside Authorities :— Milk Inoculations. Derby Borough 205 Milk for Methylene Blue Reduction Test, Derby Borough 69 Milk for Bacterial Content, Derby Borough ... 46 Milk for Bacillus Coli, Derby Borough ... ... 71 Miscellaneous :— Derby Borough ... ... ... ... ... 147 Derby City Hospital ... ... ... ... 50 Other sources 25 Total 35,010 The number of specimens sent in by Metlical Practitioners from the Urban Districts was 16 -73 per thousand of the population, and in the Rural Distriets it was 7-05, the figure for the whole County being 11-99 per thousand of the population.