London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Bacteriological Examinations.
| Negative. | Positive. | |
|---|---|---|
| Nasal and Throat Swabs | 62 | 7 |
| Faeces | 115 | 30 |
| Rectal Stoabs | 144 | 35 |
| Tuberculosis | 318 | 57 |
Tuberculosis.
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Under 1 year | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1 to 5 years | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| 5 to 15 years | 2 | 5 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| 15 to 25 years | 31 | 31 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| 25 to 45 years | 47 | 41 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | – | 1 |
| 45 to 65 years | 38 | 7 | 2 | – | 13 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 65 to 75 years | 7 | 1 | – | – | 7 | – | 1 | 1 |
| 75 and over | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| 126 | 86 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
| Source of Information. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Primary notifications | 74 | 50 | 4 | 6 |
| Transfers from other areas | 45 | 34 | 1 | 1 |
| Non-notified deaths | 6 | 2 | 1 | – |
| Posthumous notifications | 1 | – | – | – |
Mass X-Ray Service.
In the course of the year, the Mass X-Ray Service of the SouthWest
Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board operated in Westminster,
when 10,449 residents and people working in the City were examined.
Of these, 60 persons were referred for further investigation to Chest Clinics.
Welfare of Old Persons.
Hospital and Other Services for Old People.
The City Council during the year gave careful consideration to the
increasing difficulties in securing the admission to hospital at short notice
of old people in Westminster who are in immediate need of hospital
treatment. The Council was of opinion that many old people were
suffering because they could not be sufficiently cared for either in their
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