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City of Westminster 1921

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

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Table: Westminster—Deaths from Tuberculosis.

Westminster—Deaths from Tuberculosis.

Years.Pulmonary.Non-pulmonary.Total.
Deaths.Rates.Deaths.Rates.Deaths.Rates.
1916 annual1641243727201151
1917 „1941472922223169
1918 „1861483124217173
1919 „1341052116155121
1920 „139971812157109
1921 „12084.91510.613595.5
1881-90 average—208—89—297
1891-95 „—184—80—264
1896-1900 „—174—70—244
1901-05 „3021697040372209
1906-10 „2181325834276166
1911-15 „1951283725232153
1916-20 „1631242719190143

Table: Bacteriological Laboratory. Examinations were made as follows:—

Bacteriological Laboratory. Examinations were made as follows:—

Swabbings from throats in suspected Diphtheria431
Blood in suspected Typhoid7
Sputum for Tuberculosis474

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(308 of these specimens were sent from the Tuberculosis Dispensary).
The expenditure on the first two was £61 5s. 6d., and for Tuberculosis
£64 16s. 7d.

Table: Disinfection. The number of articles treated was

Disinfection. The number of articles treated was

1916.1917.1918.1919.1920.1921.
Rooms1,3248147229411,1961,502
Articles disinfected119,303281,895153,04850,49649,54231,654
Articles washed5,3778,0156,5515,7597,1856,766
Articles destroyed5,2145,0973,0485437038
Books disinfected1,5931247742212
Vehicles111251

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The motor van during 1921 ran 3,978 miles on 308 days and carried
2,805 cwt. of goods, the highest amount in any one day. being 31 cwt.
The consumption of petrol was 431 gallons.
The prevalence of scarlet fever and diphtheria led to an increase
in the number of rooms disinfected, but the number of articles treated
was fewer as disinfection for the military authorities has practically
ceased.