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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 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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The figures are equal to a death-rate of 1.34 (l.07 pulmonary, 0.27 non-pulmonary) 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.
In regard to age incidence, 77 per cent, of the deaths and 75 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, 54 per cent, of the deaths and 59 per cent, of
the new cases notified were of children aged 15 years or under.
The deaths in 1920 are classified in the following table according to the part of the body affected as well as for age and sex:—
| 0—1 | 1-5 | 5—15 | 15—25 | 25—35 | 35—45 | 45—55 | 55—65 | 65—75 | 75—85 | 85 up. | Total Males. | 0-1 | 0—1 | 5—15 | 15—25 | 25—35 | 35—45 | 45—55 | 55—65 | 65-75 | 75—85 | 85 up. | Total Females. | Total Persons. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | — | 1 | 1 | 20 | 23 | 38 | 34 | 20 | 12 | - | 151 | - | 2 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 84 | 235 | ||
| Fhthisis (n[]ot defined as tuberculous) | — | — | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 8 | - | - | — | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 6 |
| Total Pulmonary Tuberculosis | — | 1 | 1 | 21 | 23 | 39 | 37 | 21 | 14 | 2 | - | 159 | - | 2 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 90 | 249 | |
| Acute Phthisis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Miliary Tuberculosis | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 19 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | 38 |
| Tabes Mesenterica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other Peritoneal and Intestinal Tubercle | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 7 | 11 |
| Tuberculosis of Spinal Column | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis of Join | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Lupus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scrofula | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis of other Organs | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 8 |
| Disseminated Tuberculosis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Total Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 32 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 31 | 63 | |||
| Total all forms of Tuberculosis | 5 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 42 | 38 | 22 | 15 | 3 | — | 191 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 23 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | — | 121 | 312 |
In the next table the new cases notified during 1920 are similarly classified.