Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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SYPHILIS.
In the following table are given the age and sex distribution of deaths certified during 1920 as due to
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 Persons. | |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | - | 1 | — | — | — | |||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
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— | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
CANCER.
299 deaths were registered during 1920 as due to cancer, under the various names of
cancer, carcinoma, epithelioma, scirrhus, sarcoma, &c.
This is equal to a death-rate of 1.28 per 1,000 population, and 1.29 per 1,000
civil population.
The sex distribution of the deaths and death-rates is shown in the following table:—
Sex. | No. of Deaths. | Death-rates per 1,000 males or females living (based on 1911 Census), |
---|---|---|
Males | 150 | 1.38 |
Females | 149 | 1.31 |
Both Sexes | 299 | 1.34 |
The deaths registered as due to cancer are set out in the following table for the past 13 years: —
Sex, | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | Average for 12 years. | 1920 |
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Males | — | — | — | — | — | 127 | 127 | 120 | 125 | 135 | 125 | 114 | — | 150 |
Females | — | — | — | — | — | 158 | 140 | 138 | 142 | 146 | 144 | 131 | — | 149 |
Both Sexes | 288 | 232 | 266 | 274 | 247 | 285 | 267 | 258 | 267 | 231 | 269 | 245 | 265 | 299 |