[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of] page 70

City of Westminster 1969

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

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

Month 1969	Mental Health		Midwives		Welfare Department		Children's Department		P.H.I.		Miscellaneous		Total
Month 1969	*w.	*K.	W.	K.	W.	K.	W.	K.	W.	K.	W.	K.	W.	K.
January	175	98	40	35	19	2	70	24	31	—	442	4	777	163
February	125	100	30	10	13	3	48	6	25	1	376	2	617	122
March	192	145	28	3	36	3	78	16	26	1	454	3	814	171
April	171	170	52	25	21	4	71	26	27	1	417	2	759	228
May	211	128	45	18	26	8	112	51	41	—	445	7	880	212
June	286	159	7	18	23	2	94	20	56	—	391	10	857	209
July	158	155	20	11	17	7	83	25	45	1	396	4	719	203
August	198	142	18	32	35	3	82	36	52	4	489	8	874	225
September	196	95	19	22	22	3	88	17	42	5	430	8	797	150
October	234	117	28	9	21	5	97	13	39	4	432	10	851	158
November	194	137	47	13	21	5	112	18	44	2	393	12	811	187
December	187	121	34	11	18	8	114	29	40	1	481	7	874	177
TOTAL— 1969	2,327	1,567	368	207	272	53	1,049	281	468	20	5,146	77	9,630	2,205
1968	2,254	1,641	425	279	292	44	927	235	496	20	4,759	105	9,153	2,324
* "W" refers to calls relating to the City of Westminster.
"K" refers to calls relating to the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

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Table 8.— Dwelling Houses—Reason for Initial Inspection

1969		1968
Complaints	3,426	3,774
Routine	898	1,158
Smoke Control	914	907
Infectious Disease	430	380
Underground Rooms	418	397
Applications for Grants and Loans	239	245
Housing circumstances	775	1,103
Drainage	1,449	1,405
Rodent Control	501	658
Miscellaneous	551	600

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Table 9.—Dwelling Houses—Nuisances and Unsatisfactory Conditions Found and Remedied

	1969	1968
Houses, damp, dirty or dilapidated	235	248
Doors, windows, floors, ceilings, firegrates defective	618	1,158
Insufficient or unsuitable W.C. accommodation	26	100
Drains, W.Cs and waste pipe stoppages	199	196
Drains, W.Cs and waste pipe defective	298	461
Yard, area and wash house defects	35	37
Roofs, gutters and rainwater pipes defective	247	477
Water supplies absent or insufficient	24	22
Water cisterns dirty or defective	33	37
Ashpits, dustbins, etc., insufficient or defective	71	102
Rubbish accumulations	222	253
Animal nuisances	8	8
Miscellaneous	311	351