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, Metropolitan Borough]
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In the next table the new cases notified during 1920 are similarly classified.
Location of Disease. | Ages. | Total. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0-5 | 5—15 | 15 and upwards. | |||||
Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | ||
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 7 | 4 | 32 | 39 | 398 | 204 | 684 |
Bones and Joints | — | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
Meninges | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 29 |
Glands | 2 | — | 9 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 33 |
Abdominal | 1 | — | 2 | 5 | — | 1 | 9 |
Genito-Urinarv | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
General | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Other Organs | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 39 |
11 | 9 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 24 | 132 | |
Total all forms of Tuberculosis | 18 | 13 | 60 | 69 | 428 | 228 | 816 |
The following table shows the number of new notifications and deaths from Tuber-culois, together with the corresponding rates for the past ten years: —
Year. | Estimated Population. | Primary Notifications. | Deaths. | Notification Kate. | Death Bate. | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Phthisis. | Other forms. | All forms. | Phthisis. | Other forms. | All forms. | Phthisis. | Other forms. | All forms. | Phthisis. | Other forms | All forms. | ||
1911 | 237129 | 1464 | 1464 | 330 | 83 | 413 | 6.17 | 1.39 | •35 | 1.74 | |||
1912 | 220353 | 1735 | 1735 | 326 | 75 | 401 | 7.87 | 1.48 | •32 | 1.82 | |||
1913 | 218387 | 928 | 230 | 1158 | 325 | 67 | 392 | 4.17 | 1.03 | 5.20 | 1.49 | •30 | 1.79 |
1914 | 218387 | 893 | 121 | 1014 | 365 | 67 | 432 | 4.09 | •55 | 4.64 | 1.67 | .30 | 1.97 |
1915 | 218387 | 933 | 150 | 1083 | 398 | 102 | 500 | 4.27 | •69 | 4.96 | 1.82 | •47 | 2.29 |
1916 | 218387 | 735 | 138 | 873 | 340 | 83 | 423 | 3.36 | •63 | 3.99 | 1.55 | •38 | 1.93 |
1917 | 218387 | 825 | 169 | 994 | 353 | 91 | 444 | 3.78 | •77 | 4.55 | 1.62 | •42 | 2.03 |
1918 | 218387 | 1034 | 203 | 1237 | 403 | 82 | 485 | 4.74 | .93 | 5.67 | 1.85 | •37 | 2.22 |
1919 | 218387 | 799 | 206 | 1305 | 268 | 73 | 341 | 3.66 | •94 | 4.60 | 1.23 | •33 | 1.56 |
1920 | 218387 | 684 | 132 | 816 | 249 | 63 | 312 | 3.07 | •59 | 3.67 | 1.12 | •28 | 1.40 |