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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Nature of Specimen | Number Examined | Positive Findings | |
---|---|---|---|
Nasal, throat and mouth swabs | 177 | Haemolytic Streptococci | 34 |
Staphylococcus Aureus | 6 | ||
Monilia | 8 | ||
Coliform Bacilli | 1 | ||
Vincents Organisms | 1 | ||
Faeces | 900 | Shigella Sonnei | 161 |
Shigella Flexneri | 1 | ||
Shigella Boydii | 1 | ||
B.Coli 026 | |||
B.Coli 0128 | 1 | ||
Salmonella Heidelberg Salmonella Reading | 1 1 | ||
Salmonella typhi-murium | 4 | ||
Ascaris Lumbricoides | 1 | ||
Trichuris trichiura | 2 | ||
Giardia Lamblia Cysts.. | 5 | ||
Urine | 2 | ||
Sputum | 1 |
Table 8.—Night and out of office hours emergency service—
Analysis of calls made to Duty Officers
Month 1966 | Mental Welfare | Midwives | Welfare Department | Children's Department | P.H.I. | Miscellaneous | Total | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W. | K. | W. | K. | W. | K. | W. | K. | W. | K. | W. | K. | W. | K. | |
January | 160 | 125 | 3 | 29 | 22 | 1 | 81 | 17 | 26 | 3 | 121 | 4 | 413 | 179 |
February | 168 | 171 | — | 25 | 30 | 5 | 69 | 16 | 19 | 1 | 108 | 6 | 394 | 224 |
March | 148 | 168 | 5 | 35 | 24 | 5 | 67 | 8 | 24 | 2 | 80 | 6 | 348 | 224 |
April | 199 | 160 | 1 | 33 | 33 | 3 | 85 | 25 | 29 | — | 91 | 6 | 438 | 227 |
May | 161 | 141 | 1 | 51 | 23 | 12 | 88 | 26 | 43 | 2 | 97 | 8 | 413 | 240 |
June | 194 | 165 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 69 | 26 | 25 | 4 | 78 | 4 | 381 | 230 |
July | 196 | 154 | 1 | 11 | 25 | 9 | 77 | 34 | 46 | 3 | 88 | 5 | 433 | 216 |
August | 181 | 164 | 1 | 31 | 24 | 2 | 96 | 16 | 37 | 1 | 103 | 8 | 442 | 222 |
September | 168 | 160 | 5 | 45 | 19 | — | 86 | 14 | 32 | 5 | 81 | 5 | 391 | 229 |
October | 173 | 130 | 2 | 16 | 27 | 1 | 80 | 20 | 31 | 1 | 83 | 8 | 396 | 176 |
November | 204 | 129 | 31 | 43 | 17 | 2 | 71 | 16 | 28 | — | 75 | 4 | 426 | 194 |
December | 184 | 148 | 21 | 21 | 35 | 3 | 70 | 15 | 42 | 2 | 109 | 6 | 473 | 195 |
Total | 2,136 | 1,815 | 72 | 364 | 293 | 50 | 939 | 233 | 382 | 24 | 1,114 | 70 | 4,936 | 2,556 |
* "W" refers to calls relating to the City of Westminster.
"K" refers to calls relating to the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.