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St Pancras 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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CONSUMPTION
(PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS).
Deaths from Consumption.
The number of deaths in St. Pancras from the pulmonary form of Tuberculosis
during each of the last four years, at several ages, has been as follows:—
| Year. | Under 5. | 5—15. | 15—16. | Over 65. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903 | 5 | 7 | 390 | 24 | 426 |
| 1904 | 10 | 15 | 397 | 18 | 440 |
| 1905 | 13 | 10 | 313 | 17 | 353 |
| 1906 | 13 | 12 | 359 | 17 | 401 |
During the past year the following have been the number of deaths from all forms of Tuberculosis at several ages of life:—
| Tubercular Diseases, 1900. | AGES. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 5. | 5—15. | 15—65. | 05 and upwards | |||
| Tuberculous Phthisis (Pulm.Phthisis) | 11 | 7 | 298 | 12 | 328 | 401 |
| 5 | 61 | 5 | 73 | |||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 30 | 11 | 1 | — | 42 | |
| Tuberculous Peritonitis | 4 | — | 13 | |||
| 6 | — | — | — | |||
| Lupus | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Tubercle of other Organs | 2 | 5 | — | 1 | 8 | |
| General Tuberculosis | 22 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 53 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | ||
(a) THE VOLUNTARY NOTIFICATION OF CONSUMPTION.
In the Annual Report for 1905 were set out the forms and procedure
adopted for carrying out the voluntary notification of consumption or pulmonary
tuberculosis.
The results of the year's work during 1906 are set out in the tabular
statements that follow.