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City of Westminster 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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Table: Table VI.—Still-births.Notification and Registration.Forty still-born children were notified during the year.

Table VI.—Still-births.

Notification and Registration.

Forty still-born children were notified during the year.

Still-births Registered.Inward Transfers.Outward Transfers.Allocated to Westminster.
Total Legitimate andIllegitimateMales27141823
Females17141318
IllegitimateMales7236
Females3232

Table: Table VII.—Infectious Diseases.The following shows the number of cases of certain infectious diseases in the area during the 52 weeks ended 1st January, 1938:—

Table VII.—Infectious Diseases.

The following shows the number of cases of certain infectious diseases in the area during the 52 weeks ended 1st January, 1938:—

Westminster, City of, Met. B.Number of Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified.Smallpox.Scarlet fever.Diphtheria.Enteric fever.Puerperal pyrexia.Puerperal fever.Erysipelas.Pneumonia.
—241134162724328

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(The case rates of these diseases for England and Wales per 1,000 living are respectively
as follows:—Scarlet fever, 2.33; diphtheria, 1.49; enteric fever, 0.05; and
erysipelas, 0.37.)
The preceding death table and the figures in respect of registered stillbirths
and infectious diseases are those supplied by the Registrar General
and inserted at the request of the Ministry of Health. Neither the
statistics relating to deaths, nor those relating to infectious disease,
correspond closely to the figures compiled by the Medical Officer of
Health. In the former a different system of tabulation is employed,
the figures being calculated for the calendar year, while in the latter,
based on a 52 week year, allowance is made by the Medical Officer of
Health for cases cancelled because of revised diagnosis. For example,
33 cases of diphtheria, scarlet fever and dysentery were discharged from
hospital owing to incorrect diagnosis during 1937.