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St Pancras 1919

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1919

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The figures are equal to a death rate of l oo (1*22 pulmonary, 0.33 nonpulmonary)
per 1,000 (civil) population. The present sex constitution of the
population is too uncertain to give precise rates for males and females, but it
is evident that the incidence and mortality rates are greater amongst males
than females. This difference, however, is less than was the case in recent
years.
In regard to age incidence, 73 per cent. of the deaths and 71 per cent. of
the notifications were of persons aged from 15 to 55 years, so far as concerns
pulmonary tuberculosis, while in regard to other forms of tuberculosis, 62 per
cent, of the deaths and 68 per cent. of the new cases notified were of children
aged 15 years or under.

Table: The deaths in 1919 are classified for age and sex in the following table:—

The deaths in 1919 are classified for age and sex in the following table:—

0-11-56-1515—-2525—3535—4545—5555—6565-7575—8585 up.Total Males.0-11-55—1515—2525—3535—4545—5555—6565-7575—8585 up.Total Females.Total Persons.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis22216 3337202511—139——7282913191151-113252
Phthisis (not defined as tuberculous)---13311—-—9-—-21112—--716
Total Pulmonary Tuberculosis222173640212611-148--7303014201351-120268
Acute Phthisis------1----1--12-------34
Acute Miliary Tuberculosis—1--—1—-1—-3-2———1——--—36
Tuberculous Meningitis4103--1—--—-18-1221———--—-1533
Tabes Mesenterica---------------1-------11
Other Peritoneal and Intestinal Tubercle11---------3-2---------25
Tuberculosis of Spinal Column--------1--3----2------25
Tuberculosis of Joints--------2--4---1-------15
LupusScrofula
Tuberculosis of other Organs-21---1-2--6------11---28
Disseminated Tuberculosis——21———---3-1—1—-1---—36
Total Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis514623326--41-17362121-—-3273
Total all forms of Tuberculosis716819|3943232671-189-1710363215221451-152341

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In the next table the new cases notified during 1919 are similarly classified.