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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table XXVI. Deaths. Ward.
| Bruce House (L.C.C.) (licensed for 716 men) | 28 | Strand |
| 33, Great Peter Street (licensed for 80 men) | 3 | St. John. |
| 7, St. Ann's Street (Salvation Army) (licensed for 565 men) | 22 | |
| 16, Strutton Ground (licensed for 201 men) | 19 | |
| Church Army Home, Greencoat Place (184 women) | 5 | |
| 40, Great Peter Street (Church Army) (now pulled down) | 3 | |
| 80 |
PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS
DISEASES.
The following table shows the number of cases of infectious disease
which came to the notice of the department during the period 1930-1934.
Details respecting the notifications of infectious disease received are
set out in the following pages.
Table XXVII.
| 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1034 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Diphtheria | 256 | 140 | 80 | 142 | 153 |
| Erysipelas | 37 | 46 | 50 | 53 | 63 |
| Scarlet fever | 265 | 196 | 211 | 354 | 375 |
| Enteric fever | 18 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| Continued fever | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Puerperal fever | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 16 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 13 |
| Cerebro-spinal meningitis | — | 8 | 6 | 11 | 4 |
| Encephalitis lethargica | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Poliomyelitis | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 16 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 4 |
| Measles | 551 | 74 | 810 | 255 | 807 |
| German measles | 15 | 23 | 18 | 45 | 39 |
| Pneumonia | 25 | 49 | 51 | 66 | 48 |
| Malaria | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Dysentery | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Chicken pox | 173 | 204 | 201 | 167 | 146 |
| Mumps | 166 | 80 | 92 | 130 | 105 |
| Whooping-cough | 14 | 83 | 138 | 132 | 95 |
| Membranous croup | — | 1 | — | — | — |