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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
St Pancras 1918
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1918
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The same facilities, as in the case of Measles (see page 38), are available
for the home.nursing of cases of "Whooping Cough, through the Mayoress'
Nursing Fund, but, the disease not being notifiable, fewer cases are
brought to the notice of the department. In 1918, the visiting nurses paid
99 nursing visits to 21 patients in 16 families, and milk, etc., were supplied
patients in 11 families.
DIARRHOEA AND ENTERITIS.
56 deaths from diarrhoea and enteritis were registered during 1918, equal
to a death-rate of 0.28 per 1,000 population.
Of these, 47 were in children under five years of age, and 37 in babies
under one.
Reference is made on page 27 to infantile diarrhoea.
SYPHILIS.
In the following table are given the age and sex distribution of deaths certified during 1918 as duo to
| 0-1 | 0-5 | 15-15 | 15 25 | 25—35 | 35—45 | 45—55 | 55—65 | 65—75 | 75—S5 | 85 up. | Total Males. | 0-1 | 1-5 | 5-15 | 15—25 | 25-35 | 35-45 | 45-55 | 55-65 | 65—75 | 75—85 | 85 up. | Total Females. | Total Persons. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syphilis | 9 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | _ | 12 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | 17 |
| Locomotor ataxy | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| General paralysis of the insane | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | 10 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | 3 | 13 | ||
| Aortic aneurysm | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 8 |
CANCER.
269 deaths were registered during 1918 as due to cancer, under the various
names of cancer, carcinoma, epithelioma, scirrhus, rodent ulcer, sarcoma, &c.
This is equal to a death-rate of 1.37 per 1,000 population, and 1.53 per
1,000 civil population.
The sex distribution of the deaths and death-rates is shown in the following table:—
| Sex. | No. of Dgatlis. | Death-rates per 1,000 males or females living (based on 1911 Census). |
|---|---|---|
| Males | 125 | 1.17 |
| Females | 144 | 1.29 |
| Both Sexes | 269 | 1.23 |