London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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| Year. | Number of Certificates Received. | New Cases. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. | B. | C. | D. | Total. | Inmates of C.L.H., &c. | Inmates of Private Houses. | Total. | |
| 1909 | 328 | 53 | 56 | - | 437 | 136 | 111 | 247 |
| 1910 | 276 | 39 | 49 | 1 | 365 | 90 | 50 | 140 |
| 1911 | 392 | 33 | 63 | — | 488 | 98 | 62 | 160 |
A is notification of a person in a Poor Law Institution. B of a
person in the district. C is notice that a notified person has left a Poor
Law Institution. D refers to change of address of a notified person in
the district sent by Relieving Officers.
Under Hospital Order :—
| Year. | Certificates. | New cases. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N umber received. | Number transferred. | Inmates of C.L.H., &c. | Inmates of Private Houses. | Total. | |
| 1911 | 511 | 284 | 2 | 121 | 123 |
| Year | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Other Forms. New Cases. | Total Certificates. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Cases. | Suspects. | Change of Address. | |||
| 1908 | 148 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 162 |
| 1909 | 159 | 63 | 5 | 5 | 232 |
| 1910 | 135 | 100 | 46 | 17 | 318 |
| 1911 | 73 | 102 | 182 | 38 | 395 |
The number of persons notified voluntarily must decrease as the
system of compulsory notification is extended.
A form has been drafted by the Metropolitan Medical Officers of
Health in conjunction with the County Council's Medical Officers,
whereby statistical information may be prepared on similar lines in each
city and borough. Very little information is obtainable about the
casual and homeless consumptive, and full particulars are not always
obtainable with respect to a number of those notified from private
addresses, for various reasons, such as in the case of persons who have
been in lodgings for short periods only, and do not return on discharge
from hospital or infirmary. "Without the co-operation of the Health
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