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 1919 of the Medical Officer of Health
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The following table shows the number of deaths and the deathrates from all forms of Tuberculosis and from Pulmonary Tuberculosis respectively since 1899:—
Year. | Total deaths from Tuberculosis. | Death-rate per 1000 Population. | Deaths from Pnlmonary Tuberculosis. | Death-rate per 1000 Population. | Cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis notified. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1899 | 98 | 1.21 | 81 | 0.98 | |
1900 | 92 | 113 | 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 | 244 |
1914 | 71 | 0.82 | 57 | 0.66 | 142 |
1915 | 71 | 0.86 | 48 | 0.58 | 172 |
1916 | 80 | 0.98 | 55 | 0.67 | 193 |
1917 | 85 | 1.12 | 69 | 0.91 | 256 |
1918 | 89 | 1.24 | 75 | 1.04 | 291 |
1919 | 72 | 0.82 | 56 | 0.64 | 165 |
The deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis and from all forms of Tuberculosis during 1919 were distributed among the wards as follows:—
Ward. | Area (Acres). | Estimated Population middle of 1918. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Tuberculosis (All Forms.) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Deaths. | Death-rate per 1000 of the Population. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1000 of the Populaton. | |||
No. 1 (Town) | 686 | 14,100 | 10 | 0.71 | 13 | 0.92 |
,, 2 (Belsize) | 271 | 14,000 | 9 | 0.64 | 12 | 0.86 |
,, 3 (Adelaide) | 325 | 10,112 | 6 | 0.39 | 6 | 0.39 |
„ 4 (Central) | 312 | 10,200 | 4 | 0.39 | 6 | 0.59 |
,, 5 (West End) | 247 | 13,200 | 11 | 0.83 | 13 | 0.98 |
„ 6 (Kilburn) | 195 | 15,600 | 11 | 0.70 | 15 | 0.96 |
„ 7 (Priory) . | 229 | 10,800 | 5 | 0.46 | 7 | 0.65 |
The Borough | 2,265 | 88,012 0 | 56 | 0.64 | 72 | 0.82 |