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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of Westminster 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Deaths from Tuberculosis.—The total number of deaths from Tuberculosis
for 1932 (all forms) was 106—Males 76, Females 30. This gives a
death-rate for this disease of 0.83 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.
1928 108 .83
1929 124 .98
1930 107 .85
1931 121 1.04
1932 106 83
The following table shows Deaths per 100.000 of civilian population
since 1919.
Table VIII.
| Years. | Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | Total. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths. | Rates. | Deaths. | Rate. | Deaths. | Rates. | |
| 1919 annual | 134 | 105 | 21 | 16 | 155 | 121 |
| 1920 ,, | 139 | 97 | 18 | 12 | 157 | 109 |
| 1921 ,, | 120 | 84.9 | 15 | 10.6 | 135 | 95.5 |
| 1922 ,, | 144 | 103.3 | 21 | 15 | 165 | 118.3 |
| 1923 ,, | 103 | 73.3 | 16 | 11.3 | 119 | 84.7 |
| 1924 ,, | 124 | 86.7 | 14 | 9.9 | 138 | 96.5 |
| 1925 ,, | 115 | 82.3 | 14 | 10.0 | 129 | 92.4 |
| 1926 ,, | 119 | 85.9 | 14 | 10.1 | 133 | 96.0 |
| 1927 ,, | 100 | 73.2 | 14 | 10.2 | 114 | 83.5 |
| 1928 ,, | 90 | 69.3 | 18 | 13.8 | 108 | 83.2 |
| 1929 ,, | 113 | 81.8 | 11 | 8.7 | 124 | 98.8 |
| 1930 ,, | 98 | 77.9 | 9 | 7.1 | 107 | 85.0 |
| 1931 ,, | 105 | 90.8 | 16 | 13.8 | 121 | 104.6 |
| 1932 ,, | 76 | 60.1 | 30 | 23.7 | 106 | 83.8 |
The following report and tables of statistics required by the
Ministry of Health are submitted by Dr. Ian S. Thomson, Tuberculosis
Officer and Assistant Medical Officer of Health.