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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Bacteriological Examinations
Nature of Specimen
Number
Examined
Number of specimens in which
organisms were found to be
present
Nasal and Throat Swabs
67
Haemolytic streptococci 8
Pneumococci 2
Coliforms 1
Vincent's organisms 1
Yeasts 1
Faeces 252
Rectal Swabs 7
Shigella sonnei 23
Salmonella typhimurium 11
Pathogenic Bact. coli 3
Clostridium Welchii and
Staphylococcus aureus 1
Giardia lamblia 1
Vaginal Swab 1
Other 5
Trichomonas 1
Staphylococcus aureus 1
Haemolytic streptococci 1
TUBERCULOSIS
| Age Periods | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | NonPulmonary | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Under 5 years | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 to 15 years | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 to 25 years | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 25 to 45 years | 32 | 21 | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| 45 to 65 years | 35 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 65 to 75 years | 5 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| 75 and over | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| 83 | 34 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| M. | F. | M. | F. | |||||
| Primary notifications | 58 | 23 | 3 | 6 | ||||
| Transfers from other areas | 18 | 10 | — | — | ||||
| Non-notified deaths | 6 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| Posthumous notification | 1 | — | — | — | ||||