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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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The 1,014 primary notifications are analysed for age and sex in the next
table:—
Primary Notifications during 1914.
| Ages. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Other Tuberculosis. | Total all forms. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. | ||
| 0–1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | l | 4 | 11 |
| 1–5 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 38 |
| 5–10 | 16 | 15 | 31 | 16 | 12 | 28 | 59 |
| 10–15 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 45 |
| 15–25 | 70 | 72 | 142 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 160 |
| 25–35 | 134 | 77 | 211 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 227 |
| 35–45 | 162 | 60 | 222 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 227 |
| 45–55 | 103 | 40 | 143 | 1 | – | 1 | 144 |
| 55–65 | 47 | 15 | 62 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 67 |
| 65 upwards | 19 | 14 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 36 |
| Totals | 575 | 318 | 893 | 67 | 54 | 121 | 1014 |
The rates for 1914 of (primary) notification of tuberculosis based on the 1911 census population of the Borough (Males 106,728, Females 111,659) were therefore:—
| Of males per 1000 male population. | Of females per 1000 female population. | Total persons per 1000 population. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary tuberculosis | 5.39 | 2.85 | 4.09 |
| Other forms of tuberculosis | .62 | .48 | .55 |
| All forms of tuberculosis | 6.01 | 3.33 | 4.64 |
The deaths from tuberculosis during the year numbered 432, of which 365
were from phthisis, and 67 from other forms of tuberculosis.