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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table XXI.
| Deaths. | Ward. | |
|---|---|---|
| Bruce House (L.C.C.) (licensed for 716 men) | 22 | Strand |
| 33, Great Peter Street (licensed for 80 men) | - | St. John. |
| 7, St. Ann's Street (Salvation Army) (licensed for 565 men) | 30 | |
| 16, Strutton Ground (licensed for 201 men) | 28 | |
| 40, Great Peter Street (Church Army) (licensed for 57 women and 2 children) | 6 | |
| Church Army Home, Greencoat Place (174 women | 4 | |
| 90 |
PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The following table shows the number of cases of infections disease which came to the notice of the department during the period 1929-1933. Details respecting the notifications of infectious disease received arc set out on the adjoining page. Table XXII.
| 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 170 | 256 | 140 | 80 | 142 |
| Erysipelas | 54 | 37 | 46 | 50 | 53 |
| Scarlet fever | 227 | 265 | 196 | 211 | 354 |
| Enteric fever | 7 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Continued fever | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal fever | 10 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 12 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 11 |
| Cerebro-spinal meningitis | 2 | — | 8 | 6 | 11 |
| Encephalitis lethargica | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | 2 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 11 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 7 |
| Measles | 381 | 551 | 74 | 810 | 255 |
| German measles | 179 | 15 | 23 | 18 | 45 |
| Pneumonia | 51 | 25 | 49 | 51 | G6 |
| Malaria | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Dysentery | 7 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Chickenpox | 229 | 173 | 204 | 201 | 107 |
| Mumps | 73 | 166 | 80 | 92 | 130 |
| Whooping-cough | 246 | 14 | 83 | 138 | 132 |
| Membranous croup | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Smallpox.—One case only occurred during 1933.
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