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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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among the latter class of people tend to increase the death-rates of the
wards in which those lodging houses are situated ; 58 deaths of persons
giving addresses in common lodging houses occurred in 1937. They
were mostly in institutions.
| Deaths | Ward. | |
|---|---|---|
| Bruce House (L.C.C.) | 25 | Strand |
| 33, Great Peter Street | 4 | St. John. |
| 7, St. Ann's Street (Salvation Army) | 21 | |
| 16, Strutton Ground | 7 | |
| Church Army Home, Greencoat Place | 1 | |
| 58 |
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 1933-1937.
Details respecting the notifications of infectious disease received are
set out in the following pages.
| 1933 | 1934 | 11*35 | 1936 | 1937 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | — | ||
| _ | _ | _ | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | |||||
| _ | |||||