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City of Westminster 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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The figures are then:—
| Year. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Total Tubercular Rates. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County. | City. | County. | City. | |
| 1901 | 165 | 167 | 229 | 202 |
| 1902 | 161 | 159 | 223 | 199 |
| 1903 | 155 | 154 | 213 | 178 |
| 1904 | 162 | 136 | — | 171 |
| 1905 | 141 | 131 | — | 168 |
The tubercular rates per 100,000 for each ward are:—
| l | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | G | 7 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The City. | Conduit. | Grosvenor. | Hamlet of Kuightsbridge. | Knight abridge St. George. | Victoria. | St, Margaret. | ||||||
| P ulmonary phthisis | 147 | 71 | 60 | 118 | 96 | 138 | 105 | |||||
| Other tubercular diseases | 42 | — | 20 | 52 | 34 | 62 | 22 | |||||
| Total | 189 | 71 | 80 | 170 | 130 | 200 | 127 | |||||
| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | |||||
| St. John. | St. Anne. | Great Marlborough. | Pall Mall. | Regent. | Charing Cross. | Covent Garden. | Strand. | |||||
| Pulmonary phthisis | 321 | 81 | 71 | 66 | 118 | 47 | 200 | 187 | ||||
| Other tubercular diseases | 65 | 9 | 3 | 33 | 21 | – | 35 | 15 | ||||
| Total | 386 | 90 | 74 | 99 | 139 | 47 | 235 | 202 | ||||
Were the 34 deaths of inmates of common lodging-houses excluded,
the phthisis rate for the City would be reduced to 128, St. John's Ward
(with 21 deaths) would be reduced to 252, Covent Garden (4 deaths) to
152, and the Strand Ward (6 deaths) to 93.
I have added the figures to the tables published in my last report,
showing the ages and occupations of persons who have died, and also its
incidence on males and females at various ages. The death-rate for males
from tubercular disease was 249 in 1904 per 100,000 male inhabitants,
the average of the previous three years being 291. For females, the
1904 rate was 143, the average being 153, so that apparently the rate
among males is improving more rapidly than among females.
Notification.—One hundred and twelve cases were notified during
1905, at a cost of £4 10s.; in 1903, 123 cases, and in 1904, 148 cases
were notified. This is a very small proportion of the actual number
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