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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Causes of Death.
The principal causes of death during the year are stated in the following table, and, for comparison, the figures and averages for the previous 10 years are also given:—
| Diseases. | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | Average for 10 years. | 1933 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heart Disease | 394 | 398 | 380 | 388 | 448 | 465 | 603 | 430 | 553 | 590 | 4G5 | |
| Cancer | 319 | 298 | 324 | 301 | 292 | 321 | 297 | 357 | 355 | 359 | 322 | |
| Tuberculosis—all forms | 272 | 271 | 231 | 212 | 217 | 216 | 250 | 189 | 206 | 189 | 225 | |
| Pneumonia | 201 | 200 | 204 | 155 | 207 | 181 | 295 | 160 | 203 | 184 | '99 | |
| Injuries | 113 | 114 | 118 | 142 | 132 | 145 | 129 | 165 | 121 | 123 | 130 | |
| Influenza | 24 | 80 | 41 | 29 | 83 | 14 | 137 | 14 | 49 | 4' | 5' | |
| Bronchitis | 223 | 304 | 274 | 259 | 227 | 138 | 255 | 106 | '43 | 99 | 203 | |
| Congenital Debility, Malformation and Premature Birth | 119 | 105 | 94 | 100 | 69 | 86 | 88 | 72 | 76 | 58 | 86 | |
| Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 79 | 75 | 75 | 89 | 84 | 83 | 72 | 72 | 61 | 55 | 75 | |
| Cerebral Hæmorrhage, Embolism, and Apoplexy | 112 | 118 | 123 | 110 | 92 | 67 | 78 | 99 | 92 | 63 | 95 | |
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 61 | 63 | 55 | 63 | 35 | 52 | 48 | 52 | 33 | 61 | 52 | |
| Rheumatic Fever | 8 | 5 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 13 | |
| Whooping Cough | 28 | 46 | 71 | 24 | 35 | 24 | 77 | 4 | 14 | 25 | 35 | |
| Diphtheria and Croup | 20 | 22 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 32 | 19 | 10 | 19 | |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 17 | ||
| Puerperal Fever | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | — | 2 | 9 | ||
| Measles | 5 | 74 | 3 | 65 | 5 | 127 | 7 | 31 | 2 | 27 | 35 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | 12 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | |
| Pleurisy | 8 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
The Registrar-General's short list of deaths at different age periods is given in Table 2
on page 107, and, for the purpose of comparison, the death rates for the County of London
and the Metropolitan Boroughs are given in Table 4 on page 111. The rates for England
and Wales and the Great Towns are set out on page 12.
It will be noted that 27 Metropolitan Boroughs had a lower and one a higher general
death rate than St. Pancras,
Of the total 2,608 St. Pancras deaths which occurred during the year, no less than
1,729 took place in public institutions; this equals a proportion of 66 per cent. of the total
deaths.