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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 1936
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or forty years although their original residence, and perhaps a temporary
one at that, was in a common lodging house in the City. Deaths
among the latter class of people tend to increase the death-rates of the
wards in which those lodging houses are situated; 84 deaths of persons
giving addresses in common lodging houses occurred in 1936. They
were mostly in institutions:—
| Deaths. | Ward. | |
|---|---|---|
| Bruce House (L.C.C.) | 38 | Strand |
| St. John. | ||
| 7, St. Ann's Street (Salvation Army) | 27 | |
| Church Army Home, Greencoat Place | ||
| 84 |
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 1932-1936.
Details respecting the notifications of infectious disease received are
set out in the following pages.
| 1932 | 1933 | 1634 | 1935 | 1936 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | |||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | |||
| — | |||||
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