[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Pontypridd U.D.C.
- Pontypridd (Wales). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1938
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Pontypridd U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![29 LABORATORY WORK AND FACILITIES. Arrangements exist with the Cardiff and County Public Health Laboratory for examination of pathological specimens and reports thereon. A table is given below showing the results of examination of suspected specimens sent to the laboratory during the year 1938. TABLE III. Results. Nature of Specimen. Num- Posi- Nega ber. tive. five. Swabs for diphtheria bacilli :— Throat G87 134 Nasal 42 18 Swabs for diphtheria bacilli, Viru- lence test :— Throat 0 0 Nasal 2 2 Swabs for Vincent’s angina 1 l Swabs for haemolytic streptococci 1 0 Sputum for tubercle bacilli 30 5 Pleural fluid for tubercle bacilli . . 1 l Cerebro-spinal fluid for tubercle bacilli 1 i Blood for agglutination test (B. typhosus) 1 i Blood for Wassermann reaction. . 3 0 Milk for bacteriological estimation and tests :— “Tuberculin Tested” .... 42 0 “Pasteurised” 23 0 Ungraded 26 0 Milk for tubercle bacilli 16 0 Ice-cream for bacteriological esti- mation and tests 8 0 Water for bacteriological and/or chemical examination .... ] 1 0 Total 895 553 24 0 0 0 ] 25 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 16 0 0 Outfits for the collection of specimens for transmission through the post are kept at the office of the Public Health Department for the use of the medical practitioners of the town.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28872964_0031.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
