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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 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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The 1,083 primary notifications are analysed for age and sex in the next table:—
Primary Notifications during 1915.
| Ages. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Other Tuberculosis. | Total all forms. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. | ||
| 0—1 | 2 | — | 2 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 16 |
| 1—5 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 41 |
| 5—10 | 26 | 24 | 50 | 20 | 17 | 37 | 87 |
| 10-15 | 25 | 35 | 60 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 82 |
| 15—25 | 63 | 70 | 133 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 151 |
| 25—35 | 107 | 80 | 187 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 197 |
| 35-45 | 140 | 85 | 225 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 233 |
| 45— 54 | 111 | 37 | 148 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 150 |
| 55—65 | 57 | 24 | 81 | 2 | — | 2 | 83 |
| 65 and upwards | 26 | 10 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 43 |
| Totals | 563 | 370 | 933 | 73 | 77 | 150 | 1083 |
The rates for 1915 of (primary) notification of tuberculosis based on the 1911 census population of the Borough (males 106,728, females 111,659), and the rates based on the civil population (see p. 9) were therefore:—
| Of males per 1000 male population. | Of females per 1000 female population. | Total persons per 1000 population. | Total persons per 1000 civil population. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary tuberculosis | 5.27 | 3.31 | 4.27 | 4.66 |
| Other forms of tuberculosis | .68 | .69 | .69 | .75 |
| All forms of tuberculosis | 5.95 | 4.00 | 4.96 | 5.41 |
The deaths from tuberculosis during the year numbered 500, of which 398
were from phthisis, and 102 from other forms of tuberculosis.