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City of Westminster 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table XIX.—Deaths in Common Lodging Houses.
| Deaths. | Ward. | |
|---|---|---|
| Bruce House (L.C.C.) | 27 | Strand |
| 33, Great Peter Street | 2 | St. John. |
| 7, St. Ann's Street (Salvation Army) | 16 | |
| 16, Strutton Ground | 7 | |
| Church Army Home, Greencoat Place | 5 | |
| 57 |
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 1934-1938.
Details respecting the notifications of infectious disease received are
set out in the following pages.
Table XX.-Notifications of Infectious Disease.
| 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | 153 | 111 | 82 | 133 | 204 |
| Erysipelas | 63 | 44 | 35 | 42 | 43 |
| Scarlet fever | 375 | 194 | 198 | 258 | 164 |
| Enteric fever | 6 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 11 |
| Continued fever | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal fever | 5 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 13 | 17 | 13 | 26 | 22 |
| Cercbro-spinal meningitis | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 10 |
| Encephalitis lethargica | - | - | - | - | - |
| Poliomyelitis | 5 | 2 | - | 2 | 4 |
| Ophthalmia, neonatorum | 4 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 7 |
| Measles | 807 | 195 | 590 | 136 | 819 |
| German measles | 39 | 10 | 27 | 51 | 52 |
| Pneumonia | 48 | 35 | 22 | 28 | 24 |
| Malaria | 1 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Dysentery | 3 | 15 | 14 | 32 | 34 |
| Ohickenpox | 146 | 194 | 162 | 164 | 184 |
| Mumps | 105 | 272 | 102 | 99 | 45 |
| Whooping-cough | 95 | 134 | 141 | 127 | 137 |
Vaccination.—The Vaccination Officer reports that the following
number of persons were vaccinated by the Public Vaccinators during the
year:—
Primary 58
Secondary 149
These figures do not include vaccinations and re-vaccinations done
by private practitioners. No vaccination was done by the Medical
Officer of Health under the Public Health (Smallpox Protection)
Regulations, 1917. The report of the Vaccination Officer is given below
in the form of tables prescribed by the Ministry of Health in the
Vaccination Order.