Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1918 page 12

St Pancras 1918

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1918

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In Table 1 (page 63) the corresponding figures for the past ten years will
be found. It will be seen that the rate is considerably higher than it has
been for many years. It exceeded by 37 per cent. the average (16.3) of the
four previous war years 1914-1917.
This unusual increase in the number of deaths associated with the decrease
in the number of births has resulted in the excess of deaths over births for
the year.

Table: The leading causes of mortality are set out for the ten years, 1908-1917, in the following table, in which the number of deaths from the respective causes during 1918 may be compared with the corresponding figures for the past ten years.

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The leading causes of mortality are set out for the ten years, 1908-1917, in the following table, in which the number of deaths from the respective causes during 1918 may be compared with the corresponding figures for the past ten years.

Diseases.	1908	1909	1910	1911	1912	1913	1914	1915	1916	1917	Average for 10 years.	1918
Enteric Fever	10	6	4	7	2	6	4	8	5	6	6	5
Small-pox	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Chicken-pox	—	—	—	1	1	1	—	1	1	—	—	—
Measles	46	102	143	113	94	36	53	63	42	118	81	75
Scarlet Fever	20	16	17	10	5	6	19	22	8	4	13	7
Whooping Cough	67	27	92	48	47	36	49	52	39	27	48	80
Diphtheria and Croup	23	28	21	37	27	19	30	24	23	25	26	3'
Influenza	75	61	20	15	14	42	15	35	35	21	33	700
Erysipelas	7	10	7	10	7	10	9	11	3	3	8	11
Tuberculosis—Pulmonary	362	374	297	230	318	325	365	398	310	353	336	40.3
Ditto Other form	99	78	76	83	83	67	67	102	83	91	83	82
Cancer, malignant Disease	288	232	266	274	247	285	251	258	267	281	265	269
Rheumatic Fever	13	12	8	6	5	6	10	11	7	7	8	8
Cerebral Hemorrhage, Embolism, and Apoplexy	164	168	131	147	227	116	141	169	119	116	150	131
Heart Disease	2 74	301	282	283	217	276	319	422	359	393	313	378
Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy	701	732	630	560	525	691	566	664	535	514	612	618
Diarrhnæa and Enteritis	108	101	75	248	45	148	142	114	72	97	1155	56
Nephritis and Bright's Disease	154	138	97	86	110	101	112	132	103	104	114	98
Puerperal Fever	1	—	—	4	7	2	7	5	4	5	3	2
Congenital Debility and Malformations, including Premature Birth	146	149	138	130	207	191	164	187	176	144	163	132
Injuries	165	130	148	156	161	148	150	150	112	125	144	119

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Table: The leading causes of mortality are set out for the ten years, 1908-1917, in the following table, in which the number of deaths from the respective causes during 1918 may be compared with the corresponding figures for the past ten years.