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St Pancras 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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The interval elapsing between notification and death is some indication of the efficiency
of notification, and in the following table the deaths from Tuberculosis are classified according
to this interval:—

Tuberculosis Deaths Recorded in 1950.

Year of Notification.Total.Percentage.
1950—
Discovered on death2330.7
Six months or less before death1013.3
Between six and twelve months before death34
19491216
1948912
194756.7
194634
1940-194579.3
Before 194034
Total75*100.0

*Note.—This table is compiled from all deaths from tuberculosis known to have occurred in St. Pancras
during the year under review, but the total does not as a rule correspond exactly with the total obtained from
the Registrar-General and shown in the preceding table because a few deaths may be allocated by him to the
previous or subsequent year.

The following table gives particulars of the prevalence and fatality of this disease during the past 12 years :— .

YearEstimated PopulationNotificationsNotification Rate per 1,000 populationDeathsDeath Rate per 1,000 population
PulmonaryOther formsAll formsPulmonaryOther formsAll formsPulmonaryOther formsAll formsPulmonaryOther formsAll forms
1939167,300310443541.870.26213118121300.700.070.77
1940133,200292453372190.332.52144161601.080.121.20
1941103,770283403232.720.383.10113101231.080.091.17
1942105,900274423162.580.392.97134131471.26o.ia1.38
1943108,640273443172.510.402.9111161171 .020.051.07
1944105,780320383583 020.353.37115131281.080.091.17
1945111,400298393372.670.353 02117101271.050.081.13
1946129,410308473552.450.362.81926980.710 040.75
1947136,700320413612.340.302.649691050.700.070.77
1948140,200318453632.270.322.59908980.640.060.70
1949141,330314383522.220.272.499961050.700.040.74
1950141,300344323762.430.232.66697760.480.050.53