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City of Westminster 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Common Lodging House Deaths.
Reference has been made in former reports to the shifting population
which inhabits the six common lodging houses which are licensed in
the City. Some of the residents are permanent, but a greater proportion
are birds of passage. Deaths among the latter class of people tend to
increase the death-rates of the wards in which those lodging houses are
situated; 138 deaths of persons giving addresses in common lodging
houses occurred in 1929. They were mostly in institutions:—
Table XXI.
| Deaths. | |
|---|---|
| Bruce House (L.C.C.) (licensed for 715 men) | 28 |
| 33, Great Peter Street | 2 |
| 10, Great Peter Street (Salvation Army) (licensed for 565 men) | 42 |
| 16, Strutton Ground (licensed for 201 men) | 48 |
| 40, Great Peter Street (Church Army) (licensed for 57 women and 2 children) | 16 |
| Church Army Home, Greencoat Place | 2 |
| 138 |
GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE
AREA.
A somewhat full survey, which included a schedule of the hospitals
for Fever, Smallpox, Tuberculosis and various other diseases, owned and
administered by the Metropolitan Asylum Board, was given in the
report for last year. By the time this report is issued the Board will
have been absorbed by the London County Council. The latter may
have schemes of reorganization in contemplation which may also
include the poor law infirmaries now under its control as decreed by
the Local Government Act, 1929. In the report for 1930, it may be
possible to discuss the provision of hospitals by the public authority
in the light of what has been accomplished by the London County
Council since 1st April.
Apart from those hospitals which have been alluded to in the preceding
paragraph, the Health Services actually in operation in the City
fall under the following heads:—
Provided by (1) the City Council, (2) Voluntary Associations,
(3) National Health Insurance Act, (4) City of Westminster Guardians,
(5) Private Medical Practitioners, (6) Nursing Associations.
The health services provided directly by the City Council are discussed
in the appropriate sections of this report