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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 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Year. | Estimated Population. | Primary Notifications. | Deaths. | Notification Rate. | Death Bate. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phthisis. | Other forms. | All forms. | Phthisis. | Other forms. | All forms. | Phthisis. | Other forms. | All forms. | Phthisis. | Other forms. | All forms. | ||
| I915 | 218387 | 933 | 150 | 1083 | 398 | I02 | 500 | 4.27 | 0.69 | 4.96 | 1.82 | 0.47 | 2.29 |
| 1916 | 218387 | 735 | 138 | 873 | 340 | 83 | 423 | 3.36 | 0.63 | 3.S9 | 1.55 | 0.38 | 1.93 |
| 1917 | 218387 | 825 | 169 | 994 | 353 | 91 | 444 | 3.78 | 0.77 | 4.55 | 1.62 | 0.42 | 2.03 |
| 1918 | 218387 | 1034 | 203 | 1237 | 403 | 82 | 485 | 4.74 | 0.93 | 5.67 | 1.85 | 0.37 | 2.22 |
| 1919 | 218387 | 799 | 206 | 1005 | 268 | 73 | 341 | 3.66 | 0.94 | 4.60 | 1.23 | 0.33 | 1.56 |
| 1920 | 218387 | 684 | 132 | 816 | 249 | 63 | 312 | 3.07 | 0-59 | 3-67 | 1.12 | 0.28 | 1.40 |
| 1921 | 212900 | 546 | 153 | 699 | 250 | 54 | 304 | 2.56 | 0.72 | 3.28 | 1.17 | 0.25 | 1.43 |
| 1922 | 212500 | 534 | 148 | 682 | 257 | 58 | 315 | 2.51 | 0.70 | 3.21 | 1.2 I | 0.27 | 1.48 |
| 1923 | 214400 | 440 | 137 | 577 | 211 | 61 | 272 | 2.05 | 0.64 | 2.69 | 0.98 | 0.28 | 1.27 |
| 1924 | 214300 | 447 | 119 | 566 | 227 | 44 | 271 | 2.05 | 0.54 | 2.59 | 1.04 | 0.20 | 1.24 |
The total 271 deaths which occurred during the year from all forms of tuberculosis
include 41 deaths of cases which had not been notified. Of these, 27 deaths were due to
Pulmonary and 14 to other forms of tuberculosis, which represent 11.9 per cent, and 31.8 per
cent, respectively of the total deaths from these causes. 54 cases of tuberculosis were only
notified within 1 month of death, and 20 other cases within 3 months of death. It is therefore
obvious, either many patients do not seek treatment until the disease is far advanced, or that
notification is in many cases unduly delayed.
In the following table the notification and death rates are classified according to sex. The figures are based on the sex population as determined at. the last Census (1921):—
| Notification rates per 1,000 Males or Females Living. | Death rates per 1,000 Males or Females Living. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | Total. | Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | Total. | |
| Males | 2.50 | 0.57 | 3.07 | 1.26 | 0.18 | 1.45 |
| Females | 1.65 | 0.52 | 2.16 | 0.81 | 0.22 | 1.06 |
| Both Sexes | 2.05 | 0.54 | 2.59 | 1.04 | 0.20 | 1.24 |