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St Pancras 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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SECTION 8.
Tuberculosis.
Particulars of all new cases of Tuberculosis and of all deaths from this disease during 1947 are given in the following table in the form required by the Ministry of Health:—
| Age Periods | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0-1 year | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 1-5 years | 5 | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| 5-15 years | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 15-25 years | 25 | 41 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | — | — |
| 25-35 years | 33 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 1 | — |
| 35-45 years | 21 | 15 | — | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 45-55 years | 12 | 2 | — | 2 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 55-65 years | 25 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | — | — |
| 65 and upwards | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Totals | 133 | 95 | 18 | 18 | 65 | 31 | 6 | 3 |
The total number of Primary notifications was 264; in addition to these, 18 cases, which
had not been notified, came to knowledge by means of special death reports, and 79 cases by
transfer from other districts. The total number of new cases during the year from all sources
was therefore 361, equal to a notification rate of 2.64 per 1,000 of population, compared with
355 new cases during the previous year.
The deaths from all forms of Tuberculosis during the year numbered 105, equal to a death
rate of 0.77 per 1,000 of population, whereas the total number of deaths in the previous year
was 98.
It will be noted that, out of a total of 105 deaths from Tuberculosis, 15 (being 14 per
cent.) were of cases which were notified only at death.