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Walthamstow 1963

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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NOTE The figures of insured persons are based partly on the number
of N.I. Cards exchanged during the June to September quarter and
partly on returns rendered by certain employers showing the number
of N.I. Cards they hold. Caution should be exercised in comparing
the number of persons unemployed with the insured persons, as an
unemployed person need not necessarily register at an Employment
Exchange in the area where his N.I. Card is exchanged. Normally an
employed person's N.I. Card would be counted in the area in which he
works, while if he became unemployed he would be likely to register
at the Employment Exchange in the area in which he lives.'

B. - GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES IN THE BOROUGH

Public Health Officers of the Authority

The following changes in the Officers employed in the Health Department took place during the year:

Appointment sFrom
Miss K. Smith Junior Clerk30.7.1963
Mrs. P. Murray Part-tune uaundress4.3.1963
Mrs. I. Thompson Part-time Laundress4.3.1963
Resignations
Mr. D.J. Cross Public Health Inspector9.4.1963
Mr. L. P. Joyce Public Health Inspector16.6,1963
Mr, w. Potter Inspecting Assistant7.4.1963
Mrs. D. Puleston Part-time Laundress1.3.1963
Mrs. D. Sedger Clerk30.6.1963

Laboratory Facilities

Arrangements continued with the Public Health Laboratory Service at Colindale. The number of specimens examined during the year was as follows: -

SpecimensTotal
Faeces and rectal swabs863
Nose and Throat swabs24
Pood4
Miscellaneous10
Total901