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St Pancras 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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The actual number of deaths registered as having occurred in the Borough was 2,937.
This figure has to be corrected by the exclusion of 640 deaths of persons who were not St.
Pancras residents, and by the inclusion of 551 deaths of residents which occurred and were
registered outside the Borough. The corrected figure of 2,848 is used in calculating the rates
in this report.
In Table 1, on page 98, will be found the corresponding figures for previous years, and
the chart adjoining this page gives, in graphic form, the variation in the death.rate during the
previous twenty years.

Table: The principal causes of death during the year are stated in the following table, and, for comparison, the figures for the previous 10 years are also given: —

The principal causes of death during the year are stated in the following table, and, for comparison, the figures for the previous 10 years are also given: —

Diseases.1914191519161917191819191920192119221923Average for 10 years.1921
Heart Disease358439375404389370442435461394407398
Bronchitis2503222902502283012362; 6308223268304
Cancer251258267281269245299290302319278298
Tuberculosis—all forms432500423444485341312304315272383271
Pneumonia311331232254376179197173265201252200
Premature Birth, Debility and Congenital Defects164187176144'32162201149'34134158118
Cerebral Haemorrhage, Embolism, and Apoplexy1411691191161319198126120112122118
Injuries1501501121251191089288127113118114
Influenza1535352170026046571422413480
Nephritis and Bright's Disease1121321031049861956067799175
Measles55634211875r5652310755774
Diarrhœa and Enteritis14211472975668549847618163
Whooping Cough49523927807603829284146
Diphtheria and Croup302423253121335144203022
Scarlet Fever192284751172031112
Pleurisy5111310149i 27108108
Rheumatic Fever10117787616158105
Puerperal Fever754529844964
Erysipelas9113311912312484
Enteric Fever485652131342

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It will be noted that the deaths from heart disease, tuberculosis and pneumonia were
about the average ; those from cancer, though somewhat fewer than during the preceding year,
exceeded the average for the past ten years; the deaths from bronchitis were more numerous,
chiefly owing to the very inclement weather during the winter months.