Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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TABLE 8.—Night and Out of Office Hours Emergency Service-Analysis of Calls made to Duty Officers
Month 1965 | Mental Welfare | Mid wives | Welfare | Children's Department | P.H.I. | Miscellaneous - | Total | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
*w. | K. | W. | K. | W. | K. | W. | K. | W. | K. | W. | K. | W. | K. | |
April | 98 | 109 | 1 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 25 | 6 | 23 | 5 | 56 | 15 | 218 | 176 |
May | 155 | 137 | 7 | 44 | 19 | 7 | 50 | 11 | 45 | 1 | 89 | 14 | 365 | 214 |
June | 146 | 135 | 2 | 60 | 30 | 3 | 79 | 18 | 45 | — | 86 | 7 | 388 | 223 |
July | 130 | 143 | 1 | 53 | 22 | 10 | 67 | 21 | 45 | 2 | 86 | 2 | 351 | 231 |
August | 133 | 180 | — | 61 | 11 | 7 | 65 | 11 | 56 | 2 | 92 | 3 | 357 | 264 |
September | 118 | 143 | 5 | 35 | 13 | — | 94 | 25 | 31 | 1 | 91 | 7 | 352 | 211 |
October | 177 | 200 | 1 | 19 | 20 | 3 | 87 | 18 | 34 | — | 100 | 5 | 419 | 245 |
November | 141 | 133 | — | 15 | 28 | 2 | 68 | 17 | 27 | 3 | 91 | 3 | 355 | 173 |
December | 206 | 157 | 12 | 30 | 26 | 3 | 92 | 23 | 30 | 4 | 119 | 5 | 485 | 222 |
Total | 1,304 | 1,337 | 29 | 351 | 184 | 42 | 627 | 150 | 336 | 18 | 810 | 61 | 3,290 | 1,959 |
* "W" refers to calls relating to the City of Westminster.
"K." refers to calls relating to the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
The service commenced on the night of 31st March, 1965.
TABLE 9.—Dwelling Houses—Reason for Initial Inspection
Complaints | 3,878 |
Routine | 1,691 |
Smoke Control | 900 |
Infectious Disease | 378 |
Underground Rooms | 133 |
Applications for Grants and Loans | 215 |
Housing circumstances | 394 |
Drainage | 560 |
Rodent Control | 959 |
Miscellaneous | 401 |
TABLE 10.—Dwelling Houses—Nuisances and Unsatisfactory Conditions
Found and Remedied
Houses, damp, dirty or dilapidated | 692 |
Doors, windows, floors, ceilings, firegrates defective | 1,024 |
Insufficient or unsuitable W.C. accommodation | 35 |
Drains, W.C.s and waste pipe stoppages | 166 |
Drains, W.C.s and waste pipes defective | 259 |
Yard, area and washhouse defects | 22 |
Roofs, gutters and rainwater pipes defective | 391 |
Water supplies absent or insufficient | 33 |
Water cisterns dirty or defective | 15 |
Ashpits, dustbins, etc., insufficient or defective | 138 |
Rubbish accumulations | 250 |
Animal nuisances | 5 |
Miscellaneous | 242 |