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 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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(2) Voluntary Notifiable Diseases.
Tubercular Disease.— Deaths from tuberculosis have teen decreasing
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in numbers since 1901. The figures for the last five years are set forth
below:—
The City of Westhinsteb.
| Year. | Pulmonary. | Abdominal. | Meningeal. | Other. | Total. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths. | Hates. | Deaths. | Rates. | Deaths. | Rates. | Deaths. | Rates. | Deaths. | Rates. | |
| 1901 | 341 | 187 | 16 | 10 | 31 | 16 | 25 | 12 | 413 | 226 |
| 1902 | 328 | 178 | 18 | 9 | 32 | 17 | 35 | 17 | 413 | 224 |
| 1903 | 309 | 172 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 360 | 200 |
| 1904 | 271 | 153 | 12 | 6 | 26 | 14 | 32 | 18 | 341 | 192 |
| 1905 | 259 | 147 | 12 | 6 | 31 | 17 | 31 | 17 | 333 | 189 |
These rates are calculated per 100,000 inhabitants.
For purposes of comparison with the whole of London, differences
in the number of males and females, and their relative ages, have to be
taken into account. This may be effected by multiplying the rates by
a factor (0'89205). The figures are then:—