Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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In the next table the new cases notified daring 1915 are classified according to the part of the body affected and according to age and sex.
| Location of Disease. | Ages. | Total. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0—5 | 5-15 | 15 and upwards. | |||||
| Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | ||
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 8 | 5 | 51 | 59 | 504 | 306 | 933 |
| Bones and Joints | - | 2 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 42 |
| Meninges | 16 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 39 |
| Glands | 3 | — | 10 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 34 |
| Abdominal | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 16 |
| Genito-Urinarv | — | — | - | - | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| General | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 |
| Other Organs | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 24 | 20 | 26 | 32 | 24 | 24 | 150 | |
| Total all forms of Tuberculosis | 32 | 25 | 77 | 91 | 528 | 330 | 1083 |
In the following table the deaths from and primary notifications of tuberculosis, together with the corresponding rates, are classified in Wards.
| Registration Sub-District. | Primary Notifications. | Notification Rates. | Deaths. | Death-rates. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward. | Pulmonary. | Other Forms. | All Forms. | Pulmonary. | Other F rnw. | All Forms. | Tulmonaiy. | Other Forms. | All Forms. | Pulmonary. | Other Forms. | All Forms. | |
| West | 4 | 125 | 8 | 133 | 474 | .30 | 5.04 | 64 | 18 | 82 | 2.42 | .63 | 3.10 |
| 5 | 117 | 20 | 137 | 3.67 | .63 | 4.30 | 55 | l6 | 71 | 1.73 | .49 | 2.22 | |
| South | 7 | 82 | 5 | 87 | 4.52 | .28 | 4.80 | 29 | 7 | 36 | 1.60 | .39 | 1.99 |
| 8 | 116 | 20 | 136 | 4.28 | .74 | 5.02 | 48 | 9 | 57 | 1.77 | .33 | 2.10 | |
| East | 3 | 102 | 14 | 116 | 2.94 | .40 | 3.34 | 55 | 11 | 66 | 1.58 | .32 | 1.90 |
| 6 | 106 | 43 | 149 | 4.67 | 1.89 | 6.36 | 41 | 15 | 56 | 1.80 | .06 | 2.46 | |
| North | 1 | 121 | 19 | 140 | 3.40 | .53 | 3.93 | 45 | 11 | 56 | 1.27 | .31 | 1.58 |
| 2 | 80 | 12 | 92 | 3.60 | .55 | 4.21 | 38 | 13 | 51 | 1.74 | .59 | 2.33 | |
| No Address | - | 84 | 9 | 93 | — | - | — | 23 | 2 | 25 | — | — | — |
| Whole Borough | - | 933 | 150 | 1083 | 4.27 | .9 | 4.96 | 398 | 102 | 500 | 1.82 | 1.47 | 2.29 |