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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 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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notified were already inmates of Poor-Law Infirmaries and of these 38
had been admitted from common lodging houses, shelters or casual
wards; 7 notifications were duplicates, 5 of them being to notify
re-admission, so that the number of new cases was 146, and in two of
these it was eventually found that the disease was not due to tubercle.
In addition to notifications received from the Poor-Law Authorities,
information has also been given by Brompton Hospital, Margaret Street
Infirmary, and the General Hospitals. The first-named has also'
arranged to see members of the families of patients when this is deemed
advisable by the Medical Officer of Health, and this has been taken
advantage of in several cases.
The Trustees of the St. Henry Fund (of which the Medical Officer of Health is
| Year. | Number sent to Sanatoria. | Disease Cured or Arrested. | Improved. | Blight or no Improvement. | At end of 1903. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1902 | 1 | — | 1 | — | Lost sight of at end of-1903. |
| 1903 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 died in 1904. |
| 6 doing well. | |||||
| 1 in infirmary. | |||||
| 3 lost sight of since end of 1905. | |||||
| 1904 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 died in 1901. |
| 1 died in 1906. | |||||
| 4 well. | |||||
| 2 fair. | |||||
| 1 lost sight of in 1905. | |||||
| 1 lost sight of in 1906. | |||||
| 1905 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 died in 1905. |
| 2 died in 1906. | |||||
| 1 died in 1907. | |||||
| 3 well. | |||||
| 2 fair. | |||||
| 2 lost sight of in 1906. | |||||
| 1906 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 died in 1906. |
| 2 well. | |||||
| 1 fair. | |||||
| 1 gone away. | |||||
| 1907 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 died in 1908. |
| 4 well. | |||||
| 5 fair. | |||||
| 56 | 19 | 24 | 13 | 17 dead. | |
| 19 well. | |||||
| 11 fair. | |||||
| 9 lost sight of. |
Difficulty continues to be experienced in securing proper treatment
for cases in the early stages, when most good can be done. The St.
Henry Fund assists those living in St Anne's Parish, and the Jewish
Health Board looks after the Jewish cases; but in the rest of the city.