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City of Westminster 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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years of age, where the condition became revealed after death. In 8
cases the deaths occurred in other districts of persons giving Westminster
addresses, 4 being those of clubs. Two were deaths of asylum inmates.
Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925.
The object of these regulations is to prevent anyone who is aware that
he is suffering from an infectious form of tuberculosis from engaging in
certain departments of the milk trade. There was no occasion for
exercising the powers conferred by these regulations during 1927.
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | |
Of the *677 cases removed from the Register during the year, 1927,
121 were on account of death, 552 persons suffering from Tuberculosis
moved from the City, and the diagnosis was revised in 4 cases. Of
the 121 deaths mentioned above, 6 died from causes other than
Tuberculosis.
Deaths from Tuberculosis.—The total number of deaths from Tuberculosis
for 1927 (all forms) was 114—Males 78, Females 36. This gives a
death-rate for this disease of .83 per 1,000. The following table shows
the number of deaths from Tuberculosis for the last 5 years, together
with the death-rate.
Year. Deaths. Rate per
1,000.
1923 119 .84
1924 138 .98
1925 129 .92
1926 133 .96
1927 114 .83
The average live-yearly rate per 1,000 was .91.
The following table shows Deaths per 100,000 of civilian population
since 1917.
*These figures have resulted from special visits of inquiry to cases which had been
ill the register since 1922. A large proportion had moved out of the district during that
period.