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City of Westminster 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table XLIV.—Tuberculosis—Cases on the Register.
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | |
| Number of cases on register at beginning of year 1937 | 788 | 381 | 162 | 184 |
| Notified for the first time during year | 126 | 80 | 23 | 22 |
| 914 | 461 | 185 | 206 | |
| Removed from the register on account of death or removal etc., from Westminster | 95 | 69 | 23 | 14 |
| 819 | 392 | 162 | 192 | |
Of the 201 cases removed from the register during the year 1937,
90 were on account of death, 105 persons suffering from tuberculosis
moved from the City and notification was withdrawn in 6 cases.
The total number of cases of tuberculosis on the Register at the end
of 1937 was 1,565 (as compared with 1,515 at the end of the year 1936),
of which 1,211 were pulmonary cases, consisting of 819 males and 3S2
females.
The following table shows the number of deaths from tuberculosis for the last 6 years, together with the death-rate.
| Year. | Deaths. | Rate per 1,000. |
|---|---|---|
| 1932 | 106 | .83 |
| 1933 | 101 | .79 |
| 1934 | 99 | .79 |
| 1935 | 67 | .53 |
| 1936 | 90 | .72 |
| 1937 | 94 | .75 |