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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 1967

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

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Table: Table 7.—Specimens Submitted to the Public Health Laboratory

Table 7.—Specimens Submitted to the Public Health Laboratory

Nature of SpecimenNumber ExaminedPositive Findings
Nasal, throat and mouth swabs191Haemolytic Streptococci38
Staphylococcus Aureus7
Monilia6
Faeces1,063Shigella Sonnei88
Shigella Flexneri2
B.Coli 01114
B.Coli 0262
B.Coli 01281
Salmonella Stanley8
Salmonella Indiana2
Salmonella Blockley1
Salmonella Give1
Salmonella typhi-murium26
Trichuris trichiura3
Giardia Lamblia Cysts4
Hookworm Ora2
Urine39
Sputum1

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(The total number of specimens examined during 1966 was 1,080)

Table: Table 8.—Night and out of office hours emergency service— Analysis of calls made to Duty Officers

Table 8.—Night and out of office hours emergency service— Analysis of calls made to Duty Officers

Month 1967Mental WelfareMidwivesWelfare DepartmentChildren's DepartmentP.H.I.MiscellaneousTotal
*W.K.W.K.W.K.W.K.W.K.W.K.W.K.
January16316126372594611281986386225
February1671372120181761123—964401173
March2091555403228682921225483212
April1821662424247548282128—440207
May210147402625174273511207504209
June190135382813370182831882527189
July195213371724186215132982691257
August1661582732223821437—3404674211
September177120282426666132613437666171
October158184501321361124233525684220
November135135543422455272433304620207
December155125573124186114314675832174
TOTAL—19672,1071,83650732627641842181394202,882516,9082,455
19662,1361,8157236429350939233382241,114704,9362,556

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