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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930.
The number of cases of Tuberculosis notified and those which came to knowledge by means of death reports and transfers from other districts are given in the following tables:—
| Age Periods | Number of Notifications on Form A | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Notifications | Total Notifications (i.e., including cases previously notified by other Doctors). | ||||||||||||
| 0 to 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 and upwards | Total | ||
| Pulmonary— | |||||||||||||
| Males | — | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 33 | 21 | 12 | 25 | 6 | 133 | 145 |
| Females | — | — | 5 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 95 | 99 |
| Non-pulmonary— | |||||||||||||
| Males | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 18 | 19 |
| Females | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 19 |
| Totals | 1 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 42 | 30 | 64 | 39 | 16 | 32 | 12 | 265 | 282* |
| * Exclusive of 24 "Lost sight of" cases returned. | |||||||||||||
| Age Periods | Information obtained from Special Death Reports, by Transfer from other districts, and by Posthumous Notifications | ||||||||||||
| 0 to 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 and upwards | Total | ||
| Pulmonary— | |||||||||||||
| Males | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 64 | |
| Females | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 28 | |
| Non-pulmonary— | |||||||||||||
| Males | — | -— | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | |
| Females | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | |
| Totals | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 97 | |