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City of Westminster 1929

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

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Table: The following table shows Deaths per 100.000 of civilian population since 1917. Table VIII. Westminster—Deaths from Tuberculosis per 100,000 civilian population.

The following table shows Deaths per 100.000 of civilian population since 1917. Table VIII. Westminster—Deaths from Tuberculosis per 100,000 civilian population.

Years.Pulmonary.Non-pulmonary.Total.
Deaths.Rates.Deaths.Rates.Deaths.Rates.
1917 annual1941472922223169
1918 „1861483124217173
1919 ,,1341052116155121
1920 ,,139971812157109
1921 ,,12084.91510.613595.5
1922 ,,144103.32115165118.3
1923 ,,10373.31611.311984.7
1924 „12486.7149.913896.6
1925 ,,11582.31410.012992.4
1924 ,,11985.91410.113396.0
1927 ,,10073.21410.211483.5
1928 ,,9069.31813.810883.2
1929 „11381.8118.712498.8

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Westminster Tuberculosis Dispensary.
Annual Report, 1929.
The work of the Tuberculosis Dispensary was carried out during the
year without any radical change in the routine described in previous
reports.
Four hundred and sixty-one new cases were examined during the year,
of which 240 were considered to be definitely tuberculous, although not
all at an active stage of the disease.

Table: The following table shows the sources from which new cases have been referred to the Dispensary during the last three years:—

The following table shows the sources from which new cases have been referred to the Dispensary during the last three years:—

1927.1928.1929.
Practitioners153149169
Health Visitors158159162
St. Stephen's Hospital526165
Ministry of Pensions9108
School Medical Officer274233
Hospitals91111
Friends, Charitable Organizations, etc.202013
428452461