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City of Westminster 1925

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

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Table: Table VI. The figures for a series of years are shown below:—

Table VI. The figures for a series of years are shown below:—

Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.Total of all forms.
General Population.C.L.H. and no Address.Total.
Males.Females.Males.Females.Males.Females.Total.
19111931191093424——77501
191223315411510512——59571
19132031748984749186177651
1914186105944390343872462
191515595598317462672389
1916183135649391423981472
1917209164517431423476507
19182932254045625055105667
1919197122304353352358411
1920143133294309292958367
1921118114372271192241312
1922119110422273243054327
1923111114421268243256324
1924140122331296272451347
192510892271228233154282

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(Military cases which were excluded during the war were again made notifiable in 1920.)
A return required by the Ministry is appended, also a table showing
the distribution of the cases in the various wards of the city.
Non-notified Deaths.—There were 23 deaths from Tuberculosis (15
males and 8 females) during 1925 of persons who had not been notified
in Westminster. The majority of these had been notified elsewhere,
some were sudden deaths of visitors to this country, and the cause of death
in some cases was only discovered on post-mortem examination. These
23 non-notified deaths gave a percentage of 17.8 on the total deaths from
Tuberculosis for the year.
Non-notified cases.—Previous to the year 1925, the non-notified cases
of pulmonary and non-pulmonary tuberculosis bore a fair percentage
to the total cases notified. In 1924, the percentage for pulmonary was
0, and for non-pulmonary 11.7. In 1925, there were no non-notified
cases. This was mainly due to the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations,
1924, which came into operation on the 1st day of January, 1925.
These Regulations require, inter alia, that where an admission to or
discharge from hospital is received by the Medical Officer of Health of a
person suffering from Tuberculosis who has not been previously notified
a Form A should be sent to the Medical Officer of the Institution from