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City of Westminster 1966

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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Table 7.—Specimens Submitted to the Public Health Laboratory

Nature of SpecimenNumber ExaminedPositive Findings
Nasal, throat and mouth swabs177Haemolytic Streptococci34
Staphylococcus Aureus6
Monilia8
Coliform Bacilli1
Vincents Organisms1
Faeces900Shigella Sonnei161
Shigella Flexneri1
Shigella Boydii1
B.Coli 026
B.Coli 01281
Salmonella Heidelberg Salmonella Reading1 1
Salmonella typhi-murium4
Ascaris Lumbricoides1
Trichuris trichiura2
Giardia Lamblia Cysts..5
Urine2
Sputum1

Table 8.—Night and out of office hours emergency service—

Analysis of calls made to Duty Officers

Month 1966Mental WelfareMidwivesWelfare DepartmentChildren's DepartmentP.H.I.MiscellaneousTotal
W.K.W.K.W.K.W.K.W.K.W.K.W.K.
January16012532922181172631214413179
February1681712530569161911086394224
March148168535245678242806348224
April199160133333852529916438227
May16114115123128826432978413240
June1941651241476926254784381230
July1961541112597734463885433216
August18116413124296163711038442222
September168160545198614325815391229
October1731302162718020311838396176
November2041293143172711628754426194
December184148212135370154221096473195
Total2,1361,8157236429350939233382241,114704,9362,556

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