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City of Westminster 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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The Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1924.
The number of unnotified deaths during the year was 14; the
corresponding percentage proportions are 24.2 per cent. (1934) and 20.9
per cent. (1935). Enquiries were made, but in no instance did there
appear to be neglect to notify a case on the part of a medical practitioner.
12 deaths occurred in institutions and 2 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 1935.
Table XLIV.—Tuberculosis—Cases on the Register.
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||
| Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | |
| Number of cases on register at beginning of year 1935 ................ | 705 | 356 | 152 | 187 |
| Notified for the first time during year .... | 122 | 62 | 27 | 18 |
| Removed from the register on account of death or removal etc., from Westminster ................ | 827 81 | 418 47 | 179 12 | 205 15 |
| 746 | 371 | 167 | 190 | |
Of the 155 cases removed from the register during the year 1935,
67 were on account of death, 87 persons suffering from tuberculosis
moved from the City and notification was withdrawn in 1 case.
death-rate for this disease of 0.53 per 1,000. The following table shows the number of deaths from tuberculosis for the last 6 years, together with the death-rate.
| Rate per | ||
| Year. | Deaths. | 1,000. |
| 1930 | 107 | .85 |
| 1931 | 121 | 1.04 |
| 1932 | 106 | .83 |
| 1933 | 101 | .79 |
| 1934 | 99 | .9 |
| 1935 | 67 | .53 |