London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Kensington 1915
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health 1915
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A summary may be given here of the Table in the Appendix, which contains the number of
persons dying in the successive age periods of life from tuberculosis:-
Deaths from Tuberculosis in Age Periods.
| Age Periods. | Under 5 years. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 45. | 45 and upwards. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Deaths from | Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 4 | 5 | 111 | 64 | 184 |
| Other Forms of Tuberculosis | 53 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 77 | |
The bulk of the deaths from phthisis occurred to the number of 111 between the ages of 15
and 45 in the best working years of life. A large majority of the deaths from other forms of
tuberculosis took place in children under the age of 5 years.
The place at which death occurred affords some indication of the provision made in institutions for persons in the last stages of tuberculous disease:-
| Number of Deaths from | ||
|---|---|---|
| Place of Death. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Other Forms. |
| Kensington Infirmary | 60 | 28 |
| Patient's Home | 83 | 30 |
| General or Children's Hospitals | 14 | 13 |
| Lunatic Asylums | 15 | 4 |
| Brompton Hospital | 1 | 0 |
| Other Institutions for the Sick | 8 | 0 |
| Other places beyond the Borough | 3 | 2 |
| Total | 184 | 77 |
98, or more than half the total deaths from consumption, and 45, or nearly two-thirds of the
deaths from other forms of tuberculosis occurred in institutions for the sick.
Notifications Received—The notifications received during the year numbered 974, and have been classified in the following Table:—
| Number of Notifications. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. (Primary Cases.) | B. (School Cases.) | C (Admissions to Institutions) | D. (Discharges from Institutions.) | Total. | |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 512 | 10 | 130 | 120 | 772 |
| Other Forms | 166 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 202 |
| Totals | 678 | 23 | 141 | 132 | 974 |
The notifications on Form A of persons suffering from tuberculosis, and on Form C of patients admitted to residential institutions were received from the following sources:-
| Source of Notifications. | Phthisis. | Other forms of Tuberculosis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Form A. | Form C. | Total. | Form A. | Form C. | Total. | |
| Brompton Hospital | 21 | 16 | 37 | 1 | ... | 1 |
| District Medical Officers | 17 | ... | 17 | ... | ... | ... |
| Kensington Infirmary | 103 | 31 | 134 | 94 | ... | 94 |
| Other Infirmaries | 8 | 2 | 10 | ... | ... | ... |
| Kensington Tuberculosis Dispensary | 139 | ... | 139 | 17 | ... | 17 |
| Other Dispensaries | 7 | ... | 7 | ... | ... | ... |
| Lunatic Asylums | 10 | ... | 10 | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals and Homes | 5 | 62 | 67 | ... | 9 | 9 |
| St. Mary's Hospital | 13 | ... | 13 | 14 | ... | 14 |
| Other Hospitals | 24 | 3 | 27 | 15 | ... | 15 |
| Other approved residential Sanatoriums | 2 | 16 | 18 | ... | 2 | 2 |
| Private Medical Practitioners | 163 | ... | 163 | 24 | ... | 24 |
| 512 | 130 | 642 | 166 | 11 | 177 | |