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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 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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TUBERCULOSIS
| New Cases | Deaths | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M | F. | M | F | M | F | M | F. | |
| Primary notifications | 136 | 98 | 17 | 17 | ||||
| Death Reports | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| Transfers | 29 | 31 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 0- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1- | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | |
| 5- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | - | - | 1 | - |
| 15- | 33 | 41 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | - | - |
| 25- | 52 | 48 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 1 | |
| 35- | 29 | 22 | 7 | - | 14 | 10 | - | |
| 45- | 27 | 10 | 1 | - | 15 | 5 | - | 1 |
| 55- | 25 | 6 | 1 | — | 20 | 2 | 1 | - |
| 65 and upwards | 10 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 | -. | 2 | |
| Totals | 177 | 133 | 24 | 20 | 80 | 38 | 8 | 4 |
Death rate from Tuberculosis 0.77 per 1,000 of the
average population appropriate to the calculation
of death rates.
Notification Register on 31st December, 1939:
Pulmonary 740 Non-Pulmonary 147.
Tuberculosis Dispensary
Number of definite cases of Tuberculosis on the Dispensary Registers at the end of the year:
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total | Grand Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults | Children | Adults | Children | Adults | Children | |||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 346 | 229 | 19 | 25 | 43 | 32 | 22 | 14 | 389 | 261 | 41 | 39 | 730 |
Total attendances: 3321.
X-ray examinations 434
A. P. Refills 1,334
Visits by Tuberculosis
Visitors 3,493
Sputum examinations 495
Finsen Light Treatments 15
Admissions to Institutions
357
TUBERCULOSIS CARE COMMITTEE An account of the work of this.
Committee, which is more than ever necessary under war conditions,
is omitted owing to lack of space, except for the
following details: Income from Seal Sale and other sources,
£147.2.3d. Expenditure on clothing, holidays, etc. for
patients, £103.7.4½d. Extra nourishment (provided by Council)
Number of patients, 103. Cost, £318.0.l1d. Dental treatment
(provided by Council): Number of patients, 11. Cost,
£32.15.7d.