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St Pancras 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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TUBERCULOSIS. Particulars of all new cases of Tuberculosis and of all deaths from this disease during 1926 are given in the following table in the form required by the Ministry of Health :—
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0—1 | — | — | 4 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| 1—5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | — | — | 5 | 5 |
| 5—10 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 17 | — | — | — | 5 |
| 10—15 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 15—20 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 20—25 | 35 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| 25—35 | 51 | 44 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 2 |
| 35—45 | 37 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 2 |
| 45—55 | 43 | 13 | — | — | 25 | 9 | 1 | — |
| 55—65 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| 65 & upwards | 7 | 3 | 1 | — | 9 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Totals | 217 | 137 | 60 | 52 | 111 | 61 | 16 | 21 |
The total number of Primary notifications was 388 ; in addition to these, 51 cases,
which had not been notified, came to knowledge by means of special death reports, and 27
cases by transfer from other districts.
The total number of new cases during the year from all sources was therefore 466,
equal to a notification rate of 2.15 per 1,000 of population.
The deaths from all forms of Tuberculosis during the year numbered 212, equal to a
death-rate of 0.98 per 1,000 of population.
The corresponding rate for the previous year was 1.07 per 1,000 of population.
It will be noted that, out of a total of 212 deaths from Tuberculosis, 51 were of cases
which either died un-notified or were notified only at death.
It is not satisfactory that so large a proportion of cases should come to knowledge only
at death.
In 8 instances Meningitis was stated to have been the cause of death, and this form
of Tuberculosis is at times difficult to diagnose.
In a certain number of cases some misunderstanding had existed, and the medical
attendant was under the impression that the case had been notified previously. Allowing for
all such cases the percentage of un-notified cases remains unduly high.