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St Pancras 1949

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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The interval elapsing between notification and death is some indication of the efficiency of notification, and in the following table the deaths from Tuberculosis are classified according to this interval:— Tuberculosis Deaths Recorded in 1949.

Year of Notification.Total.Percentage.
1949—
Discovered on death1010.2
Six months or less before death2828.6
Between six and twelve months before death11.0
194899.2
19471111.2
194677.1
194555.1
1940-19441515.3
Before 19401212.3
Total98*100.0

*Note.—This table is compiled from all deaths from tuberculosis known to have occurred in St. Pancras
during the year under review, but the total does not as a rule correspond exactly with the total obtained from
the Registrar-General and shown in the preceding table because a few deaths may be allocated by him to the
previous or subsequent year.

The following table gives particulars of the prevalence and fatality of this disease during the past 11 years:—

YearEstimated PopulationNotificationsNotification Rate per 1,000 populationDeathsDeath Rate per 1,000 population
PulmonaryOther formsAll formsPulmonaryOther formsAll formsPulmonaryOther formsAll formsPulmonaryOther formsAll forms
1939167,300310443541 .870.26213118121300.700 070.77
1940133,200292453372190.332.52144161601 .080121.20
1941103,770283403232.720.383.10113101231 080.091.17
1942105,900274423162.580.392.97134131471 .260.121 .38
1943108,640273443172.510.402.9111161171.020.051.07
1944105,780320383583 020.353.37115131281.080.091.17
1945111,400298393372.670.353.02117101271.050 081.13
1946129,410308473552.450.362.81926980.710.040.75
1947136,700320413612.340.302.649691050.700 070.77
1948140,200318453632.270.322.59908980.640.060.70
1949141,330314383522'220.272.499961050.700.040.74