Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Total. | Males. | Females. |
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Deaths. | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births. |
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Month. | Men. | Women. | Boys. | Girls. |
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1935. | 1936. | 1937. |
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Births Registered. | Births Notified. | ||||||
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In Westminster. | Belong elsewhere. | Born out of Westminster. | Net. | Total. | Alive. | Stillborn. |
Legitimate. |
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Number Born. | Number of Deaths under 1 year | Number remaining at end of year. | ||||
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Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. |
Causes of Death. | Sex. | All Ages. | 0— | 1— | 2— | 5— | 15— | 25— | 35— | 45— | 55— | 65— | 75— |
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Causes of Death. | Sex. | All Ages. | 0— | 1— | 2— | 5— | 15— | 25— | 35— | 45— | 55— | 65— | 75— |
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Still-births Registered. | Inward Transfers. | Outward Transfers. | Allocated to Westminster. |
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Westminster, City of, Met. B. | Number of Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified. | Smallpox. | Scarlet fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric fever. | Puerperal pyrexia. | Puerperal fever. | Erysipelas. | Pneumonia. |
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Causes of Death. | Corrected Deaths in the City at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Wards (at all Aoes). | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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All ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 2. | 2 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 15. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | Conduit. | Grosvenor. | Hamlet of Knightsbridge. | Knightsbridge St. George. | Victoria. | St. Margaret. | St. John. | St. Anne. | 1 Great Marlborough. | Pall Mall. | Regent. | Charing Cross. | Covent Garden. | Strand. | Homeless. |
Causes of Death. | Corrected Deaths in the City at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Wards (at all Ages). | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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All agea. . | Under 1. | 1 and under 2. | 2 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | Conduit. | Grosvenor. | Hamlet of Knightsbridge. | Knightsbridge St. George. | Victoria. | St. Margaret. | St. John. | St. Anne. | Great Marlborough. | Pall Mall. | Regent. | Charing Cross. | Covent Garden. | Strand. | Homeless. |
Year. | Number of Deaths. | Westminster Rate. | London Rate. |
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1937. | Under 1 year | 1 to 2 years | 2 to 5 years | 5 to 15 years | 15 to 25 years | 25 to 45 years | 45 to 65 years | 65 and over | Total. |
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1933. | 1934. | 1935. | 1936. | 1937. | |||||||||||
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M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. |
Total 1934. | Total 1935. | Total 1936. | Total 1937. |
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Year. | Legitimate. | Illegitimate. | Total Bate, Westminster. | Total Rate, London. | ||||
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Births. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1,000 Births. | Births. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1,000 Births. |
1930. | 1931. | 1932 | 1933. | 1934. | 1935. | 1936. | 1937. |
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CAUSES OF DEATH. | Under 1 Week. | 1—2 Weeks. | 2—3 Weeks. | 3—4 Weeks. | Total under 4 Weeks. | 4 Weeks and under 3 Months. | 3 Months and under 6 Months. | 6 Months and under 9 Month3. | 9 Months and under 12 months. | Total Deaths under 1 Year. |
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Males. | Females. | Total. |
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Males. | Females. | Total. |
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Males. | Females. | Total |
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CAUSES OF DEATH. | Under 1 Week. | 1—2 Weeks. | 2—3 Weeks. | 3—4 Weeks. | Total under 4 Weeks. | 4 Weeks and under 3 Months. | 3 Months and under 6 Months. | 6 Months and under 9 Months. | 9 Months and under 12 Months. | Total Deaths under 1 Year. |
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Males. | Females. | Total |
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causes OF death. | Under 1 Week. | 1—2 Weeks. | 2—3 Weeks. | 3—4 Weeks. | Total under 4 Weeks. | 4 Weeks and under 3 Months. | 3 Months and under 6 Months. | 6 Months and under 9 Months. | 9 Months and under 12 Months | Total Deaths under 1 Year |
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Males. | Females. | Total. |
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CAUSES OF DEATH. | Under 1 Week. | ]—2 Weeks. | 2—3 Weeks. | 3—1 Weeks. | Total under 4 Weeks. | 4 Weeks and under 3 Months. | 3 Months and under 6 Months. | 6 Months and under 9 Months. | 9 Months and under 12 Months. | Total Deaths under 1 Year. |
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Males. | Females. | Total. |
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Wards. | Population, 1931 Census. | 1 Total Births, 1937. | Legitimate. | Illegitimate. | Total Infant Deaths, 1937. | Legitimate. | Illegitimate. | 1937—Infant death rate per 1,000 births. | ||
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Legitimate. | Illegitimate. | Total Rate. |
Cities and Boroughs. | Est. Resident Population (mid-1936). | Live Births rate per 1,000 Population. | Death rate per 1,000 Population. | Infantile Mortality rate per 1,000 Live Births. | |
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Crude. | Adjusted. |
Deaths | Ward. |
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1933 | 1934 | 11*35 | 1936 | 1937 |
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Number of Births returned in the " Birth List Sheets " as registered from 1st January to 31st December, 1936. | Number of these Births duly entered by 31st January, 1938, in Columns I, II, IV and V of the " Vaccination Register " (Birth List Sheets), viz. : | Number of these Births which on 31st January, 1938, remained unentered in the " Vaccination Register " on account (as shown by Report Book) of | Number of these Births remaining on 31st Jan., 1938, neither duly entered in the " Vaccination Register " (cols. 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of this Return) nor temporarily accounted for in the " Report Book " (cols. 8, 9 and 10 of this Return). | Total number of Certificates of Successful Primary Vaccination of children under 14 received during the calendar year 1937. | Number of Statutory Declarations of Conscientious Objection actually received by the Vaccination Officer, irrespective of the dates of birth of the children to which they relate, during the calendar year 1937. | ||||||
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Col. I. Successfully Vaccinated. | Col. II. | Col. IV. Number in respect of whom Statutory Declarations of Conscientious Objection have been received. | Col. V. Dead, Unvaccinated. | Postponement by Medical Certificate. | Removal to Districts the Vaccination Officer of which has been duly apprised. | Removal to Places unknown, or which cannot be reached; and Cases not having been found. | |||||
Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Had Smallpox. |
No. of Cases in Birth Lists received. | No. of Certificates of Vaccination received. | No. of Certificates of Postponement owing to health of Child. | No. of Statutory Declarations under Section 1 of the Vaccination Act, 1907. | No. of Certificates of Insusceptibility. | No. of Cases removed out of District or otherwise not found. | No. of Entries in List sent to Public Vaccinators. |
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Name of Public Vaccinator and District. | Numbers of successful primary vaccinations of persons | Number of successful re-vaccinations, i.e., successful vaccinations of persons who had been successfully vaccinated at soma previous time. | ||
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Under 1 year of age. | 1 year and upwards. | Total. |
Notifiable Diseases. | At all Age?. | Cases Notified. | Cases removed to Hospital. | Treated at Home. | At all Ages. | Deaths. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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At Ages—Years. | At Ages—Years. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Under 1. | 1-2. | 2-3. | 3-4. | 4-5. | 5-10. | 10-15. | 15-20. | 20-35. | 35-45. | 45-65. | 65 and over. | Under 1. J | 1-2. | 2-3. | 3-4. | 4-5. | 5-10. | 10-15. | 15-20. | 20-35. | 35-45. | 45-65. | 65 and over. 1 |
Notifiable Diseases. | Conduit. | Grosvenor. | Knightsbridge St. George. | Victoria. | St. Margaret. | St. John. | Hamlet of Knightsbridge. | Pall Mall. | Regent. | Great Marlborough. | Charing Cross. | Covent Garden. | Strand. | St. Anne. | Homeless and non-residents. |
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Positive. | Negative. | No Test. | Total. |
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Under 1 year. | At other ages. | Total. |
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Year. | No. of births. | No. of cases. | Deaths. | Death rate per 1000 births |
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Cases. | Vision unimpaired. | Vision impaired. | Total blindness. | Deaths. | Left district. | ||
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Total. | Treated. | ||||||
At home. | In hospital. |
Weeks. | Months. |
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1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 |
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Age periods. | Number of notifications on Form A. | ||||||||||||
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Primary notifications. | Total notifications, on Form A, including cases previously notified. | ||||||||||||
0 to 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 10. | 10 to 15. | 15 to 20. | 20 to 25. | 25 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 55. | 55 to 65. | 65 and up. | Total new cases. |
1937. Age Periods. | 0 to 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 10. | 10 to 15. | 15 to 20. | 20 to 25. | 25 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 55. | 55 to 65. | 65 and up. | Total. |
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1937. | All Ages. | Conduit. | Grosvenor. | Knights-bridge St. George. | Victoria. | St. Margaret. | St. John. | Hamlet of Knights-bridge. | Pall Mall. | Regent. | Great Marlborough. | Charing Cross. | Covent Garden. | Strand. | St. Anne. | Homeless. | Received Institutional Treatment during 1936. |
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Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Total of all form. | |||||||
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General Population. | c.l.h. and no Address. | Total. | |||||||
Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||
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Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. |
Year. | Deaths. | Rate per 1,000. |
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Years. | Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | Total. | |||
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Deaths. | Rates. | Deaths. | Rates. | Deaths. | Rates. |
1935. | 1936. | 1937. |
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1933. | 1934. | 1935. | 1936. | 1937. |
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Hospitals. | Sanatoria. |
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Diagnosis. | Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | Total. | Grand Total. | |||||||||
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Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | ||||||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. |
1934. | 1935. | 1936. | 1937. |
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Number of— | St. Margaret and St. John Wards, 1937. |
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Source of Information. | City Council's Centres. | Westminster Health Society. | Totals. | ||
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Ebury Bridge. | Bessborough Street. | Marshall Street. | Marsham Street. |
Centre. | Sessions. | First Attendance. | Subsequent Attendances. | Total. | No. of Individuals. |
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Centre. | Number of Sessions. | First Attendances. | Subsequent Attendances. | Total. | Total. | |||
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Under 1 year. | Over 1 year. | Under 1 year. | Over 1 year. | Under 1 year. | Over 1 year. |
1937. | 1936. | 1935. | 1934. | 1933. | 1932. |
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Patients. | Visits. |
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Cases. | Rate per 100 births for both classes of cases. |
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1937 | Ebury Bridge. | Bessborough Street. | Marshall Street. | Marsham Street. | Total. |
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1937. | Ebury Bridge. | Bessboro' Street. | Marshall Street. | Marsham Street. | Total. |
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South-West. | Southern. | Northern. |
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tons. |
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Classification of Aliens arriving at Victoria Station. | Total. | Medically Inspected. | Medically Examined. |
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— | 1933. | 1934. | 1935. | 1936. | 1937. |
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Work Premises. | Total Number. |
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Premises. | Number of | ||
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Inspections. | Written Notices. | Occupiers prosecuted. | |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of offences in respect to which Prosecutions were instituted. | ||
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Found. | Remedied. | Referred to ELM. Inspector. | ||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
Class. | Number. |
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Trade. | Outworkers' Lists, Section 107. | Outwork in unwholesome premises, Section 108. | Outwork in infected premises, Sections 109 & 110. | ||||||||||||||
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Lists received from employers. | Addresses of Outworkers. | Notices served on occupiers as to keeping or sending of lists. | Prosecutions. | Instances. | Notices served. | Prosecutions. | Instances. | Orders made (Section 110). | Prosecutions (Sections 109, 110). | ||||||||
Sending twice in the year. | Sending once in the year. | ||||||||||||||||
Failing to keep or permit inspection of lists. | Failing to send lists. | ||||||||||||||||
Outworkers. | Outworkers. | Received from other Councils. | Sent to other Councils. | ||||||||||||||
Lists. | Contractors. | Workmen. | Lists. | Contractors. | Workmen. |
Licensed to receive:— | ||
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Men. | Women. |
1937. | Head lice. | Body lice. | Scabies. | Total. |
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1933. | 1934. | 1935. | 1936. | 1937. |
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— | 1933. | 1934 | 1935. | 1936. | 1937. |
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Month. | City Hall, VV.C.2. | Farm Street, W.l. | Horseferry Road, S.W.1. |
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No. of Sample. | Colonies per c.c. | B. Coli per c.c. | |
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Positive. | Negative. |
No. of Sample. | Colonies per c.c. | B. Coli per c.c. | |
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Positive. | Negative. |
No. of Sample. | Colonies per c.c. | B. Coli per. c.c. | |
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Positive. | Negative. |
Premises. | Persons. |
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District. | Total. | Good Quality. | Fair Quality. | Poor Quality. | Adulterated. | ||||
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No. | Percent. | No. | Percent. | No. | Per cent. | No. | Per cent. |
Sample No. | Extent of Adulteration. | Action taken and result thereof. |
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Number. | Article of Food or Drug. | Number of samples purchased. | Genuine. | Adulterated. | Prosecutions. | Convictions. | Withdrawn or dismissed. | Fines. | Costs. |
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Article. | Tons. | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. | Article. | Tons. | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. |
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