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City of Westminster 1909

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

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Table: The City of Westminster.

The City of Westminster.

Year.Pulmonary.Abdominal.Meningeal.Other.Total.
Deaths.Rates.Deaths.Rates.Deaths.Rates.Deaths.Rates.Deaths.Rates.
1901341187161031162512413226
190232817818932173517413224
19033091729523131910360200
190427115312626143218341192
190525914712631173117333189
190623713613736202514311178
190723213411626152011289167
190820811811625142614270154
190922513110620122313278161

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These rates are calculated per 100,000 inhabitants, allowance being
made for the extra week included in 1908.
For purposes of comparison with the whole of London, differences
in the number of males and females, and their relative ages, have to be

Table: taken into account. This may be effected by multiplying the rates by a factor (0.89205). The figures are then:—

taken into account. This may be effected by multiplying the rates by a factor (0.89205). The figures are then:—

Year.Pulmonary Tuberculosis.Total Tubercular Rates.
County.City.County.City.
1901165167229202
1902161159223199
1903155154213178
1904163136217171
1905140131191168
1906144121196158
1907140119187148
1908132105179137
1909131116—141

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Of the 225 deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis, only 82(58 male, 24
female) bad been previously notified during life. Seven bad been under
observation for some years, 3 for about five years, 1 for nearly six
years.
On account of the number of common lodging houses and shelters
of various kinds, a great number of the poorest class are attracted to
Westminster, and some eventually find their way into the city
infirmaries, so that probably Westminster has more than its share of
consumptives; 136 persons of this class were notified as suffering from
consumption, and 31 deaths were recorded.
There were moreover 20 deaths from this cause of persons for whom
no definite address could be assigned.
In Table XIV a comparison is instituted between the number
of deaths in the City and the various wards thereof in two groups