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City of Westminster 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table 5.—Tuberculosis: New Cases and Deaths
| At ages— years | *NEW CASES | DEATHS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0—1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1-5 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 5-15 | 5 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15—25 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| 25—35 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | — |
| 35—45 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| 45—55 | 16 | 7 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| 55—65 | 21 | 7 | — | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | — |
| 65 and upwards | 15 | 4 | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Age unknown | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals 1969 | 94 | 45 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 1968 | 100 | 43 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| * Including all primary notifications and also any other new cases of tuberculosis which came to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year. | ||||||||
Table 6. —Specimens Submitted to the Public Health Laboratory
| Nature of Specimen | Number Examined | Positive Findings | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal, throat and mouth swabs | 116 | Haemolytic Streptococci | 17 |
| Staphylococcus Aureus | 7 | ||
| Monilia | 3 | ||
| Faeces | 1,193 | Shigella Sonnei | 64 |
| Shigella Flexneri | 1 | ||
| B. Coli 026 | 3 | ||
| B. Coli 0128 | 1 | ||
| Salmonella typhimurium | 16 | ||
| Salmonella Indiana | 2 | ||
| Salmonella Virchow | 2 | ||
| Salmonella Enteritidis | 4 | ||
| Salmonella Reading | 1 | ||
| Salmonella Thompson | 2 | ||
| Salmonella Dublin | 1 | ||
| Salmonella Muenchen | 1 | ||
| Salmonella Stanley | 1 | ||
| Salmonella Kiambu | 4 | ||
| Salmonella Infantis | 4 | ||
| Salmonella Heidelberg | 2 | ||
| Salmonella (un-named) | 1 | ||
| S. Para typhi | 6 | ||
| S. typhi | 1 | ||
| Clostridium Welchii | 8 | ||
| Trichuris trichiura | 1 | ||
| Vincent's organisms | 2 | ||
| Blood | 2 | ||
| Urine | 25 | ||
| (The total number of specimens examined during 1968 was 732) | |||