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City of Westminster 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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per cent. (1933). Enquiries were made, but in no instance did there
appear to be neglect to notify a case on the part of a medical practit ioner.
20 deaths occurred in institutions and 9 at home.
Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925.
The object of these regulations is to prevent anyone who is aware that
he is suffering from an infectious form of tuberculosis from engaging in
certain departments of the milk trade. There was no occasion for
exercising the powers conferred by these regulations during 1933.
Table VII.
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | |
| Number of cases on Register at beginning of year 1933 | 646 | 333 | 137 | 186 |
| Notified for the first time during year | 111 | 69 | 16 | 20 |
| 757 | 402 | 153 | 206 | |
| Removed from the Register on account of death or removal from Westminster | 105 | 63 | 16 | 21 |
| 652 | 339 | 137 | 185 | |
Of the 205 cases removed from the Register during the year 1933,
77 were on account of death, 126 persons suffering from Tuberculosis
moved from the City, and notification was withdrawn in 2 cases.
Deaths from Tuberculosis.—The total number of deaths from Tuberculosis
for 1933 (all forms) was 101—Males 76, Females 25. This gives a
death-rate for this disease of 0.79 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.
1929 124 .98
1930 107 .85
1931 121 1.04
1932 106 .83
1933 101 .79
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