[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of] page 67

City of Westminster 1970

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

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Table 6.—Night and out of office hours emergency service—

Analysis of calls made to Duty Officers

Month 1970	Mental Welfare		Mid wives		Welfare Department		Children's Department		Public Health Inspectors		District Nurses		Miscellaneous		Total
Month 1970	*W.	K.	W.	K.	W.	K.	W.	K.	W.	K.	W.	K.	W.	K.	W.	K.
January	214	97	34	20	20	1	90	27	42	1	298	1	165	9	863	156
February	248	117	32	16	17	2	100	17	37	6	231	2	151	7	816	167
March	204	145	60	33	24	6	103	23	33	3	259	6	124	16	807	232
April	211	130	30	12	21	1	86	23	37	5	260	4	108	7	753	182
May	222	131	39	17	16	5	81	24	51	4	267	1	127	8	803	190
June	221	124	25	13	32	5	95	23	37	5	232	—	122	9	764	179
July	252	110	29	15	26	1	100	30	47	6	247	—	155	15	856	177
August	202	153	56	29	22	3	120	24	59	1	288	—	134	11	881	221
September	216	120	10	11	22	8	120	39	54	3	249	1	187	13	858	195
October	259	107	16	24	21	2	87	32	52	3	259	—	122	4	816	172
November	235	140	26	17	11	6	102	20	56	1	252	1	126	14	808	199
December	213	147	13	18	24	5	82	13	26	3	288	4	113	14	759	204
TOTAL—1970	2,697	1,521	370	225	256	45	1,166	295	531	41	3,130	20	1,634	127	9,784	2,274
1969	2,327	1,567	368	207	272	53	1,049	281	468	20	(included in Miscellaneous)		5,146	77	9,630	2,205

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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.

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Table 7.—Dwelling Houses—Reason for Initial Inspection

	1970	1969
Complaints	2,812	3,426
Routine	604	898
Smoke Control	112	914
Infectious Disease	305	430
Underground Rooms	165	418
Applications for Grants and Loans	190	239
Housing circumstances	1,342	775
Drainage	964	1,449
Rodent Control	468	501
Miscellaneous	335	551

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Table 8.—Dwelling Houses—Nuisances and unsatisfactory

conditions found and remedied

	1970	1969
Houses, damp, dirty or dilapidated	270	235
Doors, windows, floors, ceilings, firegrates defective	860	618
Insufficient or unsuitable W.C. accommodation	13	26
Drains, W.Cs and waste pipe stoppages	189	199
Drains, W.Cs and waste pipe defective	275	298
Yard, area and washhouse defects	32	35
Roofs, gutters and rainwater pipes defective	278	247
Water supplies absent or insufficient	7	24
Water cisterns dirty or defective	27	33
Ashpits, dustbins, etc., insufficient or defective	56	71
Rubbish accumulations	200	222
Animal nuisances	10	8
Miscellaneous	396	311