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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 1915
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Tuberculosis. Table showing distribution in Wards of notified and unnotified cases, and numbers of persons who have been treated in Institutions.
| All Ages. | Conduit. | Grosvenor. | Knightsbridge St. George. | Victoria. | St. Margaret. | St. John. | Hamlet of Knightsbridge. | Pall Mall. | Regent. | Great Marlborough. | Charing Cross. | Covent Garden. | Strand. | St. Anne. | Homeless. | Received Institutional Treatment. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary— | |||||||||||||||||
| Common Lodging-houses, &c. | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 50 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 12 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 20 | — | 24 | 58 |
| Females | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | —- | 6 | 8 |
| General— | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 155 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 48 | 8 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | — | 10 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 87 |
| Females | 95 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 7 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | — | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 67 |
| Other forms— | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 46 | — | — | 2 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 31 |
| Females | 20 | 1 | — | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 14 |
Three in Great Marlborough Ward were Polish refugees.
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