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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Bacteriological Examinations.
Diphtheria—Negative 306, positive 5.
Tuberculosis—Negative 114, positive 54.
Tuberculosis.
| Age Periods. | New Cases and Deaths. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Cases. | Deaths. | |||||||
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Under 1 year | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 1 to 2 years | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 to 5 „ | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| 5 to 10 „ | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| 10 to 15 „ | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 15 to 20 „ | 5 | 7 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| 20 to 25 „ | 24 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| 25 to 35 „ | 33 | 26 | — | 3 | 7 | 4 | — | — |
| 35 to 45 „ | 18 | 10 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| 45 to 55 „ | 16 | 1 | — | — | 11 | 3 | — | — |
| 55 to 65 „ | 8 | 4 | 2 | — | 10 | 2 | 1 | — |
| 65 to 75 „ | 9 | — | 1 | — | 10 | 1 | — | — |
| 75 and upwards | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 125 | 74 | 12 | 15 | 43 | 16 | 1 | 1 | |
New Cases.
Pulmonary—199 new cases, including 32 transfers and 13 non-notified
deaths.
Non-Pulmonary—27 new cases, including 4 transfers and 3 non-notified
deaths.
(1947—Pulmonary, 245 new cases; Non-Pulmonary, 34 new cases.)
Deaths from Tuberculosis.
Pulmonary 59 (43 males, 16 females).
Non-Pulmonary—2 (1 male, 1 female).
Work of the Tuberculosis Dispensary from 1st January, 1948, to 4th July,
1948.
The control of the Tuberculosis Dispensary service passed from the
City Council to the Regional Hospital Board on the 5th July, 1948, under
the provisions of the National Health Service Act, 1946.
The particulars of this service given below relate to the period from
the 1st January, 1948, to the 4th July, 1948 only.
During this period 262 new cases attended, 132 males and 130 females.
These included 71 examined as contacts. Total attendances numbered
1,307.