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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The following table gives particulars as to the prevalence and fatality of this disease during the past 10 years:—
Year. | Estimated Population. | Primary Notifications. | Deaths. | Notification Bate. | Death Rate. | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pulmonary. | Other forms. | All forms. | Pulmonary. | Other forms. | All forms. | Pulmonary. | Other forms. | All forms. | Pulmonary. | Other forms. | All forms. | ||
1917 | 218387 | 825 | 169 | 994 | 353 | 91 | 444 | 3.78 | 0.77 | 4.55 | 1.62 | 0.42 | 2.03 |
1918 | 218387 | 1034 | 203 | 1237 | 403 | 82 | 485 | 4.74 | 0.93 | 5.67 | 1.85 | 0.37 | 2.22 |
1919 | 218387 | 799 | 206 | 1005 | 268 | 73 | 34 > | 3.66 | 0.94 | 4.60 | 1.23 | 0.33 | 1.56 |
1920 | 218387 | 684 | 132 | 816 | 249 | 63 | 312 | 3.07 | 0.59 | 3.67 | 1.12 | 0.28 | 1.40 |
1921 | 212900 | 546 | 153 | 699 | 250 | 54 | 304 | 2.56 | 0.72 | 3.28 | 1.17 | 0.25 | 1.43 |
1922 | 212500 | 534 | 148 | 682 | 257 | 58 | 315 | 2.51 | 0.70 | 3.21 | 1.21 | 0.27 | 1.48 |
1923 | 214400 | 440 | 137 | 577 | 211 | 61 | 272 | 2.05 | 0.64 | 2.69 | 0.98 | 0.28 | 1.27 |
1924 | 214300 | 447 | 119 | 566 | 227 | 44 | 271 | 2.05 | 0.54 | 2.59 | 1.04 | 0.20 | 1.24 |
1925 | 215900 | 389 | 103 | 492 | 180 | 51 | 231 | 1.80 | 0.48 | 2.28 | 0.83 | 0.24 | 1.07 |
1926 | 216400 | 354 | 112 | 466 | 175 | 37 | 212 | 1.64 | 0.52 | 2.15 | 0.81 | 0.17 | 0.98 |
The table below shows the number of notifications and the number of deaths, together
with the corresponding rates per 1,000 of population for each Ward of the Borough:—
Tuberculosis (All Forms).
Ward. | Notifications. | Deaths. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Number. | Rate per 1000 of Population. | Number. | Rate per 1000 of Population. | |
1 | 61 | 1.7 | 26 | 0.7 |
2 | 39 | 1.7 | 16 | 0.7 |
3 | 87 | 2.4 | 44 | 1.2 |
4 | 56 | 2.1 | 24 | 0.9 |
5 | 68 | 2.2 | 33 | 1.1 |
6 | 50 | 2.4 | 23 | 1.1 |
7 | 35 | 2.3 | 17 | 11 |
8 | 62 | 2.2 | 28 | 1.0 |
Homeless | 8 | — | 1 | — |
Totals | 466 | 2.2 | 212 | 1.0 |