Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1915 of the Medical Officer of Health
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The following table shows the number of deaths and the death-rates from all forms of tuberculosis and from consumption respectively since 1899:—
Year. | Total deaths from Tuberculosis. | Death-rate per 1,000 population. | Deaths from Consumption. | Death-rate per 1,000 population. | Cases of Consumption notified. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1899 | 98 | 1.21 | 81 | 0.98 | |
1900 | 92 | 1.13 | 69 | 0.85 | |
1901 | 118 | 1.44 | 73 | 0.89 | |
1902 | 97 | 1.18 | 73 | 0.89 | 51 |
1903 | 90 | 1.09 | 66 | 0.80 | 34 |
1904 | 102 | 1.23 | 73 | 0.88 | 39 |
1905 | 95 | 1.14 | 73 | 0.87 | 27 |
1906 | 79 | 0.94 | 57 | 0.68 | 35 |
1907 | 92 | 1.09 | 61 | 0.72 | 55 |
1908 | 84 | 0.99 | 74 | 0.87 | 30 |
1909 | 75 | 0.88 | 53 | 0.62 | 67 |
1910 | 80 | 0.94 | 58 | 0.68 | 77 |
1911 | 70 | 0.82 | 56 | 0.65 | 113 |
1912 | 77 | 0.88 | 64 | 0.74 | 183 |
1913 | 61 | 0.81 | 49 | 0.56 | 300 |
1914 | 71 | 0.82 | 57 | 0.66 | 172 |
1915 | 71 | 0.86 | 48 | 0.58 | 172 |
The deaths from consumption and from all forms of tuberculosis during 1915 were distributed among the wards as follows:—
Ward. | Area (Acres). | Estimated Population middle of 1915. | Consumption. | Tuberculosis (All Forms). | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Deaths. | Death-rate per 1000 of the Population | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1000 of the Population | |||
No. 1 (Town) | 686 | 13550 | 5 | .36 | 6 | .44 |
„ 2 (Belsize) | 271 | 13250 | 5 | .37 | 10 | .75 |
„ 3 (Adelaide) | 325 | 9150 | 2 | .21 | 6 | .65 |
„ 4 (Central) | 312 | 9500 | 6 | .63 | 8 | .84 |
„ 5 (West End | 247 | 12390 | 11 | .88 | 14 | 1.13 |
„ 6 (Kilburn) | 195 | 14440 | 12 | .83 | 18 | 1.24 |
„ 7 (Priory) | 229 | 9480 | 7 | .73 | 9 | .94 |
The Borough | 2265 | 81760 | 48 | .58 | 71 | .86 |