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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 1921

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

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Table: Visits were paid by Health Visitors and Nurses as follows:—

Visits were paid by Health Visitors and Nurses as follows:—

Health Visitors.Nurses.
Puerperal fever18—
Ophthalmia neonatorum168256
Measles91—
Diarrhœa—5
Pneumonia—276
Whooping cough18736
Bronchitis—153
Other complaints—736
4641,462

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The visits paid by nurses to children suffering from the illnesses
specified above were only 726 as compared with 1,640 in 1920, but there
is a considerable increase, 736 (109 in 1920) in attendance for discharging
ears, bums and other accidents, and various minor ailments.
Tuberculosis.
In 1921, 251 new cases of pulmonary disease were notified and 20
persons died who had not been notified in Westminster, a total of 271.
Non-pulmonary forms of tuberculosis gave 41 new cases. The figures for
a series of years are shown below:—
Pulmonary.
General
Population.
C.L.H. and no
Address.
Non-Pulmonary.
Males.
Females.
Males.
Females.
Total.
Males.
Females.
Total.
Total
of all
forms.
1911 193 119 109 3 424 — — 77 501
1912 233 154 115 10 512 — — 59 571
1913 203 174 89 8 474 91 86 177 651
1914 186 105 94 4 390 34 38 72 462
1915 155 95 59 8 317 46 26 72 389
1916 183 135 64 9 391 42 39 81 472
1917 209 164 51 7 431 42 34 76 507
1918 293 225 40 4 562 50 55 105 667
1919 197 122 30 4 353 35 23 58 411
1920 143 133 29 4 309 29 29 58 367
1921 118 114 37 2 271 19 22 41 312
Military cases which were excluded during the war were again made
notifiable in 1920.
A return required by the Ministry is appended, also a table showing
the distribution of the cases in the various wards of the city.
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