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Marylebone 1921

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]

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CLEANSING OF PERSONS ACT, 1897.

The following table shows the number of Adults and School Children using the Baths provided under the above-mentioned Act each month during the year 1921, and annually since 1910:—

1921.Adults.Children.
Males.Females.Total.Males.Females.Total.
January3109040072156228
February27892370115252367
March3039539888240328
April29712141848278326
May28310338683305388
June28613241877259336
July34310745071262333
August23994333164561
September30811242018386404
October32314646975277352
November2659536036209245
December25110035116133149
Totals3,4861,2874,7737152,8023,517

Cleansing Station Attendances, 1910-1921.

Year.adults.children.
Males.Females.Total.Males.Females.Total.
19106,4332,0518,4845138591,372
19116,5102,5759,085504463967
19125,8182,3848,2027401,1381,878
19135,7972,2088,0057711,3052,076
19145,5552,3797,9346231,2431,866
19153,3231,6724,9955891,0911,680
19161,9191,1583,0779051,2882,193
19171,9479672,9141,3761,6993,075
19182,0311,0853,1161,2491,4742,723
19192,0821,0633,1459812,1323,113
19202,6698933,5621,0592,8023,861
19213,4861,2874,7737152,8023,517

The total attendances since the Baths were opened in 1898 number 200,795 (adults, 151,131;
children, 49,664).

BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.

The following table shows the number of specimens examined for purposes of diagnosis, and indicates also the diseases in relation to which the examinations were made. The work, as formerly, was carried out by Dr. Foulerton, at University College Hospital.

1921
Positive.NegativeTotal.
Typhoid fever5914
Diphtheria78607685
Phthisis83343426
Totals1669591,125