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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 1968

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

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Table: Table 6.—Specimens Submitted to the Public Health Laboratory

Table 6.—Specimens Submitted to the Public Health Laboratory

Nature of SpecimenNumber ExaminedPositive Findings
Nasal, throat and mouth swabs177Haemolytic Streptococci 21
Staphylococcus Aureus 20
Monilia 3
Faeces525Shigella Sonnei 32
Shigella Flexneri 2
B. Coli 0111 2
B. Coli 026 2
B. Coli 0126 1
Salmonella typhimurium 10
Salmonella St. Paul 11
Salmonella Muenster 2
Salmonella Enteritidis 5
Salmonella Stanleyville 1
Salmonella Seftenberg 1
S. Para typhi B. 1
Clostridium Welchii 2
Trichuris trichiura 1
Urine28
Sputum2

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(The total number of specimens examined during 1967 was 1,294)

Table: Table 7.—Night and out of office hours emergency service—Analysis of calls made to Duty Officers

Table 7.—Night and out of office hours emergency service—

Analysis of calls made to Duty Officers

Month 1968Mental WelfareMidwivesWelfare DepartmentChildren's DepartmentP.H.I.MiscellaneousTotal
*W.K.W.K.W.K.W.K.W.K.W.K.W.K.
January1661324431312871427—39512750191
February206119222124447630234612675164
March16912650231638614661140513792190
April185102511530—85212013553726142
May16315229311910812026—3775695218
June242165572923—70294214476881230
July203159361721188354613754769217
August1851462618336962452243813830209
September196128371820571255623996779184
October21492283140496853—3696800141
November1691631419152632042—39210695214
December1561573126207571936—46115761224
TOTAL— 19682,2541,64142527929244927235496204,7591059,1532,324
19672,1071,83650732627641842181394202,882516,9082,455

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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.