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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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In the following table the deaths from and primary notifications of tuberculosis, together with the corresponding rates are classified in Registration Sub-Districts :—
| Registration Sub-District. | Primary Notifications. | Notification Rates. | Deaths. | Death-rates. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Other Forms. | All Forms. | Pulmonary. | Other F .rim. | All Forms. | Phthisis. | Other Forms. | All Forms. | Phthisis. | Other Forms. | All Forms. | |
| West | 261 | 59 | 320 | 4.39 | 1.03 | 5.39 | 87 | 22 | 109 | 1.46 | .37 | 1.83 |
| South | 228 | 50 | 278 | 4.95 | 1.08 | 6.03 | 92 | 16 | 108 | 1.99 | .35 | 2.34 |
| East | 215 | 58 | 273 | 3.67 | .99 | 4.66 | 69 | 1.6 | 85 | 1.18 | .27 | 1.45 |
| North | 182 | 55 | 237 | 3.11 | .94 | 4.05 | 65 | 1.3 | 78 | 1.11 | .22 | 1.33 |
| No Address | 42 | 8 | 50 | — | — | — | 12 | — | 12 | — | — | — |
| Whole Borough | 928 | 230 | 1158 | 4.17 | 1.03 | 5.20 | 325 | 67 | 392 | 1.46 | .30 | 1.76 |
It is noteworthy that the distribution of deaths from tuberculosis in the four
districts differs from that of total deaths (see page 16).
In both cases the North district suffered least. But whereas the East had
the highest general death-rate, it is a good second to the North as regards
lightness of tuberculosis death-rate. The South division had by far the highest
death-rate from all forms of tuberculosis.
It is possible that these variations in general and tuberculosis death-rates are
due to the kind of industrial employment in the four divisions.
The weekly distribution of deaths from tuberculosis will be found in the
table inset at pages 24-25.
In the table below are shown the death-rates from tuberculosis for the past 10 years : —
| Year. | Estimated Population. | Tuberculosis Death — Rate. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phthisis. | Other Forms. | All Forms. | |||
| 1904 | 237088 | 1.86 | .57 | 2.43 | Corresponding rates for "all Forms" based on 1911 census Population. |
| 1905 | 237149 | 1.49 | .40 | 1.89 | |
| 1906 | 237149 | 1.69 | .52 | 2.21 | |
| 1907 | 237173 | 1.59 | .43 | 2 02 | |
| 1908 | 237247 | 1.53 | .41 | 1 94 | |
| 1909 | 237247 | 1.58 | .33 | 1.91 | 207 |
| 1910 | 237247 | 1.25 | .32 | 1.57 | 1.71 |
| 1911 | 237129 | 1.39 | .35 | 1.74 | 1.89 |
| 1912 | 220353 | 1.48 | .32 | 1.82 | 1.84 |
| 1913 | 218387 | 1.49 | .30 | 1.79 | 1.79 |