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City of Westminster 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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The Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations, 1927.
These Regulations were issued in 1927 and came into force on 1st
January, 1928. They revoke the Regulations of 1919 (Pneumonia,
Malaria, Dysentery, &c.). The few variations contained in the new
Regulations include the removal of trench fever from the list of notifiable
diseases, certain modifications regarding the notification of malaria,
exempting those cases which have been induced in an institution for
therapeutic purposes, but excepting those liable to relapse after discharge.
As required by Article 4, noticc of the duties imposed on medical
practitioners under these Regulations has been given to all practising
in the City.
TUBERCULOSIS.
In 1927, 190 new cases of pulmonary tuberculosis were notified and
5 moved into the City who had been notified elsewhere—a total of 195.
Non-pulmonary forms of tuberculosis gave 40 cases—5 of these being
removals into Westminster.
| Age-Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | P. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
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In this Table all primary notifications are included, and also other
new cases of tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer
of Health during the year.