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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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DIARRHŒA AND ENTERITIS.
114 deaths from diarrhoea and enteritis were registered during 1915, equal
to a death-rate of 0.52 per 1,000 population.
Of these 107 were in children under five years of age and 79 in babies
under one.
Reference is made on page 27 to infantile diarrhoea.
SYPHILIS.
Far more deaths are due to this disease than appear under its name, partly
owing to a reluctance to place the name upon a death-certificate which is
handed to the friends of the diseased, and partly owing to the fact that many
diseases with other names are due to antecedent syphilis.
In the following table are given the age and sex distribution of deaths certified during 1915 as due to
| 0-1 | 1-5 | I5-15 | 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 np. | Total Females. | Total Persons. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syphilis | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 10 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 17 |
| Gummatous disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | 3 | — | — | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 10 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 17 | |
| Locomotor ataxy | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 7 |
| General paralysis of the insane | - | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 19 |
| Aortic aneurysm | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 9 | - | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 4 | 13 |
As in previous years the deaths of adult males are in excess of those of
females.
There is reason to believe that many abortions and miscarriages are caused
by this disease and also that it is responsible for a certain mortality (occulted)
amongst infants and young children.
ALCOHOLISM.
As in the case of the last disease, the number of deaths due to excessive use
of alcohol is in no way represented by the number certified as such. During
1915 seven deaths were returned as due to alcoholism, and three others to
alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver. There were 39 deaths from cirrhosis of the
liver not returned as alcoholic.