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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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In the following table the deaths from and primary notifications of tuberculosis, together with the corresponding rates, are classified in Wards.
| Registration Sub-District. | Wards. | Primary Notifications. | Notification Rates. | Deaths. | Death-rates. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Other Form8. | All Forms. | Pulmonary. | Other Forma. | All Forma. | Phthisis. | Other Forms. | All Forms. | Phthisis. | Other Forms. | All Forms. | ||
| West | 4 | 110 | 17 | 127 | 4.17 | .64 | 4.81 | 41 | 11 | 52 | 1.55 | .42 | 1.97 |
| 5 | 138 | 19 | 157 | 4.33 | .59 | 4.92 | 78 | 10 | 88 | 2.45 | .31 | 2.76 | |
| South | 7 | 86 | 10 | 96 | 4.74 | .55 | 5.29 | 32 | 3 | 35 | 1.76 | .17 | 1.93 |
| 8 | 112 | 9 | 121 | 4.13 | .33 | 4.46 | 60 | 9 | 69 | 2.21 | .33 | 2.54 | |
| East | 3 | 118 | 16 | 134 | 3.40 | .46 | 3.86 | 38 | 13 | 51 | 1.09 | .37 | 1.46 |
| 6 | 96 | 15 | 111 | 4.22 | .66 | 4.88 | 41 | 10 | 51 | 1.80 | .44 | 2.22 | |
| North | 1 | 97 | 21 | 118 | 2.73 | .59 | 3.32 | 41 | 2 | 43 | 1.15 | .05 | 1.20 |
| 2 | 83 | 10 | 93 | 3.80 | .45 | 4.25 | 24 | 8 | 32 | 1.10 | .36 | 1.46 | |
| No Address | – | 54 | 3 | 57 | – | – | – | 10 | 1 | 11 | – | – | – |
| Whole Borough | – | 894 | 120 | 1014 | 4.09 | .55 | 4.64 | 365 | 67 | 432 | 1.67 | .30 | 1.97 |
The Wards are set out below in order according to their death-rates for tuberculosis:—
| Ward | Deaths from tuberculosis per 1000 population. | Ward | Deaths from tuberculosis per 1000 population. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.20 | 4 | 1.97 |
| 2 | 1.46 | 6 | 2.22 |
| 3 | 1.46 | 8 | 2.54 |
| 7 | 1.93 | 5 | 2.76 |
When this table is compared with that for the general death-rate (page 18),
it will be seen that the difference between the best and worst wards is much
more marked in the case of the tuberculosis death-rate than in the case of the
general death-rate. Moreover the order of the wards is not the same.
Ward 1 suffered least in both cases, but whereas Ward 6 (Somers Town) had
much the highest general death-rate it is distinctly better than either Ward 5
or Ward 8 in regard to deaths from consumption.