Report of the Medical Officer of Health page 64

City of Westminster 1972

Report of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table 6 — Night and out of office hours emergency service — Analysis of calls made to Duty Officers

Month 1972	Social Services Departments						Health Departments						Miscellan		Total
	Mental Health		Child Care		Welfare		Public Health Inspectors		Midwives		District Nurses		Miscellan		Total
	*W	K	W	K	W	K	W	K	W	K	W	K	W	K	W	K
January	185	146	103	40	47	8	28		30	13	393	1	190	21	976	229
February	220	114	129	57	59	12	39	—	17	11	363	1	97	24	924	219
March	248	129	123	35	38	22	24	—	22	13	373	1	108	32	936	232
April	238	156	129	40	43	13	51	2	22	21	365	—	117	26	965	258
May	226	129	117	19	76	16	56	1	16	12	389	—	135	27	1,015	204
June	246	117	142	41	37	23	45	2	17	7	366	—	138	38	991	228
July	213	124	174	61	56	15	66	1	37	18	384	1	146	40	1,076	260
August	184	112	159	31	41	14	48	5	59	25	324	2	168	48	983	237
September	191	120	178	34	50	17	26	2	26	12	329	1	141	18	941	204
October	224	113	132	32	59	11	46	6	21	20	392	—	141	37	1,015	219
November	234	112	102	48	73	5	34	—	24	17	297	1	168	21	932	204
December	219	110	89	64	59	21	24	3	34	21	376	—	350	31	1,151	250
Total - 1972	2,628	1,482	1,577	502	638	177	487	22	325	190	4,351	8	1,899	363	11,905	2,744
Total - 1971	2,830	1,232	1,384	409	414	58	517	27	254	232	3,813	15	1,782	142	10,994	2,115

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* "W" refers to calls relating to the City of Westminster
"K" refers to calls relating to the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

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Table 7 — Dwelling House — Reason for Initial Inspection

	1972	1971
Complaints	1,942	2,784
Routine	47	737
Smoke Control	137	200
Infectious Disease	175	499
Underground Rooms	100	127
Application for Grants and Loans	151	303
Housing Circumstances	183	938
Drainage	1,155	2,797
Rodent Control	116	216
Miscellaneous	144	658

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Table 8 — Dwelling Houses — Nuisances and unsatisfactory conditions found and remedied

	1972	1971
Houses, damp, dirty or dilapidated	203	215
Doors, windows, floors, ceilings, firegrates defective	852	1,051
Insufficient or unsuitable W.C. accommodation	32	36
Drains, W.C.s and waste pipe stoppages	138	117
Drains, W.C.s and waste pipes defective	205	225
Yard, area and washhouse defects	13	12
Roofs, gutters and rainwater pipes defective	206	291
Water supplies absent or insufficient	15	6
Water cisterns dirty or defective	34	19
Ashpits, dustbins, etc., insufficient or defective	43	47
Rubbish accumulations	170	169
Animal nuisances	11	16
Miscellaneous	315	379