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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The average yearly death rate of the Borough during the previous live years was 13.0
per 1,000 of population.
The actual number of deaths registered as having occurred in the Borough during the
year 1927 was 3,034. This figure has to be corrected by the exclusion of 939 deaths which
occurred in the Borough of persons who were not St. Pancras residents, and by the inclusion
of 526 deaths of residents which occurred and were registered outside the Borough.
The corrected figure of 2,621 is used in calculating the death rates in this report.
In Table 1, on page 78, will be found details of the corresponding figures for previous
years.
Causes of Death.
The principal causes of death during the year are stated in the following table, and, for comparison, the figures and averages for the previous 10 years are also given: —
| Diseases. | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | Average for 10 years. | 1927 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heart Disease | 404 | 389 | 370 | 442 | 435 | 461 | 394 | 398 | 3S1 | 388 | 406 | 448 |
| Cancer | 281 | 269 | 245 | 299 | 290 | 302 | 319 | 298 | 324 | 301 | 293 | 292 |
| Bronchitis | 250 | 301 | 236 | 276 | 308 | 223 | 304 | 274 | 259 | 266 | 227 | |
| Tuberculosis—all forms | 444 | 485 | 341 | 312 | 304 | 315 | 272 | 271 | 231 | 212 | 3 19 | 217 |
| Pneumonia | 254 | 376 | 179 | 197 | 173 | 265 | 201 | 200 | 204 | 155 | 220 | 207 |
| Injuries | 125 | 119 | 108 | 92 | 88 | 127 | 113 | 114 | 118 | 142 | 115 | 132 |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage, Embolism, and Apoplexy | 116 | 131 | 91 | 98 | 126 | 120 | 112 | 118 | 123 | 110 | 114 | 92 |
| Premature Birth, Debility and Congenital Defects | 144 | 132 | 162 | 201 | 149 | 134 | 134 | 118 | 105 | 114 | 139 | 91 |
| Nephritis and Blight's Disease | 104 | 98 | 61 | 95 | 60 | 67 | 79 | 75 | 75 | 89 | 80 | 84 |
| Influenza | 21 | 700 | 260 | 46 | 57 | 142 | 24 | 80 | 41 | 29 | 140 | 83 |
| Diarrhœa and Enteritis | 97 | 56 | 68 | 54 | 98 | 47 | 61 | 63 | 55 | 63 | 66 | 35 |
| Whooping Cough | 27 | 80 | 7 | 6o | 38 | 29 | 28 | 46 | 71 | 24 | 41 | 35 |
| Rheumatic Fever | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 13 |
| Erysipelas | 3 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 6 |
| Diphtheria and Croup | 25 | 31 | 21 | 33 | 51 | 44 | 20 | 22 | 34 | 12 | 29 | 6 |
| Measles | 118 | 75 | 15 | 65 | 23 | 107 | 5 | 74 | 3 | 65 | 55 | 5 |
| Puerperal Fever | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Pleurisy | 10 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 3 |
| Scarlet Fever | 4 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 3 | 12 | . | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| Enteric Fever | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 |