London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of Westminster 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION.
| Nasal and Throat Swabs (80) 1 | fC. Diphtheriae | Nil |
| Haemolytic Streptococci | 6 | |
| Staphylococcus Aureus | 6 | |
| Faeces (155) | The organisms of Shigella Sonnei were present in 4 cases, and those of Salmonella Typhimurium in 16 cases. Staphylococcus Aureus was isolated in 5 instances. Heat resistant Cl.Welchii was isolated in 3 instances. | |
| Rectal Swab (1) | ||
| Tuberculosis (211) | Positive | 25 |
| Negative | 186 | |
| Urine (37) | No pathogenic organisms found. | |
| Vaginal Swab (1) | Negative. | |
| Hand Swabs (14) | Staphylococcus Aureus isolated in 6 cases. | |
| Vomit (8) | Staphylococcus Aureus isolated in 2 cases. | |
| Unspecified Swab (1) | Negative. | |
| Material for suspected Smallpox (1) . | Negative |
TUBERCULOSIS.
| Age Periods. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Cases. | Deaths. | |||||||
| Pulmonary. | NonPulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Under 1 year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 to 5 years | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 5 to 15 years | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | - |
| 15 to 25 years | 3 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 25 to 45 years | 43 | 29 | — | 3 | — | 3 | — | — |
| 45 to 65 years | 37 | 9 | — | 4 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| 65 to 75 years | 9 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 75 and over | 5 | — | - | 1 | 4 | - | — | 1 |
| 107 | 50 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | ||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | |||||
| Primary notifications | 70 | 32 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Transfers from other areas | 32 | 1 | ||||||
| Non-notified deaths | 5 | 1 | 1 | |||||