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City of Westminster 1932

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

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

Table VI.

Tuberculosis Notifications.

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

Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.Total of all form.
General Population.C.L.H. and no Address.Total.
Males.Females.Males.Females.Males.Females.Total.
19132031748984749186177651
1914186105944390343872462
191515595598317462672389
1916183135649391423981472
1917209164517431423476507
19182932254045625055105667
1919197122304353352358411
1920143133294309292958367
1921118114372271192241312
1922119110422273243054327
1923111114421268243256324
1924140122331296272451347
192510892271228233154282
192611790294240183048288
192710367241195212950245
19289761272187222749236
1929106105426259142842301
193010469161190243357247
193110886171212202343255
19321368428—248263662310
(Military cases which were excluded during the war were again made notifiable in 1920.)

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A return required by the Ministry is appended, also a table showing
the distribution of the cases in the various wards of the City.
Notification of cases of tuberculosis have somewhat increased as regards
males, both pulmonary and non-pulmonary ; while non-pulmonary
only have increased among females. Deaths from tuberculosis in all
categories have decreased, and are in fact the fewest since 1929.
The considerable reduction in cases on the register at the end of 1932
as compared with 1931 is mainly explained by a special review of the
register carried out during 1932 at the request of the Ministry. Formerly
the register of cases had been purged of cured, removed, and lost
sight of cases every five years.
Non-notified Deaths.—There were 34 deaths from Tuberculosis
during 1932 of persons who had not been notified in Westminster. The