[Report 1917] / Medical Officer of Health, County of the Soke of Peterborough.

  • Peterborough (England). County Council.
Date:
1917
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Credit: [Report 1917] / Medical Officer of Health, County of the Soke of Peterborough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    sure. They should bo thoroughly tried by animal oxporimont ana. if successful, the information should be convoyed to tho general public* if unsuccessful the results of tho experiment should be published by an authoritivo Committee of modioal don and scientists* SUIUOTY OF TJriu WORK P3SRFOHH.T5D AT THE MAI7CHESTER PATTIOLOGICAL LABORATORY IiT 'COiniBCTIOIT Y/IT1I THE DIAGNOSIS OF VETERSAL DISEASES. 64 samploo ••hvoro sent to tho Pathological Laboratory. 01 of the no were sampled of blood, tv/c of exudation of sores and ono sample of sputum. Tho last throe were for tho detection of spiroohaeton. It in rogretabl© that no samples of oerebro-spinal fluid and no samples of the products of conception in stillbirth and abortion no re sent to tho Laboratory. 50 of tho 61 sonnies of blood wore p ive and 51 negative. One of the films sent for the detection of the spiroohaeta pallida, the organism carrying syphilis, wan positive and the other two were negative. 44 of tho 64 samples were sent by the Peterborough Infirmary, IP, by the Tuberculosis Officer and only 6 by private practitioners. 5 of those eight were sent by one practitioner, 2 by another and 1 by a third. The connection of syphilis with tuberculosis will be alluded to in the report of the Tuberculosis Officer. All patients examined at the Dispensary who shew any sign3 or symptoms of this diBeanehare samples of blood submitted to examination• 4 of the If, samples so submitted were positive. During the year two practitioners furnished satisfactory evidence of competence in the administration of oalvarsan and its substitutes and wore formally approved. s CER53R0-3BIITAL HEtTIUG!TIP. During the ''ear the County Council made arrangements with the \ Public Hoalth Department of the Kancheator University to examine samples of oerebro*-spinal fluid derived from persons ro&ident in the County suffering, or supposed to o suffering, from corebro-spinal fever. Outfits for diagnosis are stored at the homes of Dr Collins at 10, Lincoln Road, Peterborough, and of Dr Green*cod at (RO)