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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 1919

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1919

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

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

Location of Disease.AgesTotal.
0-55—1515 and upwards.
Males.Females.Males.Females.Males.Females.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis1556964360286799
Bones and Joints241416201470
Meninges9873-128
Glands35252311070
Abdominal3212--8
Genito-Urinarv—---1-1
General111-216
Other Organs11367523
Total Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis192151503431206
Total all forms of Tuberculosis34261201143943171005

Table: The following table shows the number of new notifications and deaths from Tuberculosis, together with the corresponding rates for the past ten years:—

The following table shows the number of new notifications and deaths from Tuberculosis, together with the corresponding rates for the past ten years:—

Year.Estimated Population.Primary Notifications.Deaths.Notification Bate.Death Rate.
Phthisis.Other forms.All forms.Phthisis.Other Forms.All forms.Phthisis.Other forms.All forms.Phthisis.Other formsAll forms.
1910237247872872297763733.681.25•321•57
191123712914641464330834136.171.39•351.74
191222035317351735326754017.871.48•321.82
19132183879282301158325673924.171.035.201.49•301.79
19142183878931211014365674324.09..554-641.67.301.97
191521838793313010833981025034.27.694-961.82•472.29
1916218387735138873310834233.36.633'991.55•381.93
1917218387825169994353914443.78.774'551.62•422.03
191821838710342031237403824854.74.935-671.85•372.22
19192183877992061005268733413.66.944* 601.23•331.56