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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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As was pointed out in last year's report, this excess of the disease in males
is found in all urban communities, but hardly at all in purely rural
districts, and as it is absent in children is probably due to the
difference between the industrial life of men and the domestic life of
women.
The deaths from tuberculosis in 1914 are classified in the following table according to the part of the body affected and according to age and sex.
| 0–1 | 1-5 | 5—15 | 15—25 | 25—35 | 35—45 | 45—55 | 55—65 | 65—75 | 75—85 | 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 Persona. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | l | 3 | 3 | 23 | 40 | 66 | 41 | 22 | 9 | 1 | — | 209 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 29 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 114 | 223 | |
| Phthisis (not defined as Tuberculosis | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Acute Phthisis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total Pulmonary Tuberculosis | l | 3 | 3 | 26 | 44 | 70 | 45 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 229 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 35 | 22 | 26 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 136 | 365 | |
| Acute Miliary Tuberculosis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculosis Meningitis | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 30 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tabes Mesenterica | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other Peritoneal and In-testinal Tubercle | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Tuberculosis of Spinal Column | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculosis of Joints | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lupus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scrofula | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculosis of other other Organs | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Disseminated Tuberculosis | 1 | l | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 5 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 67 | ||||||
| Total all forms of Tuberculosis | 6 | 11 | 15 | 29 | 45 | 71 | 48 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 267 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 37 | 23 | 28 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 165 | 432 |