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 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:—
Year of Notification. | Total. | Percentage. |
---|---|---|
1950— | ||
Discovered on death | 23 | 30.7 |
Six months or less before death | 10 | 13.3 |
Between six and twelve months before death | 3 | 4 |
1949 | 12 | 16 |
1948 | 9 | 12 |
1947 | 5 | 6.7 |
1946 | 3 | 4 |
1940-1945 | 7 | 9.3 |
Before 1940 | 3 | 4 |
Total | 75* | 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 12 years :— .
Year | Estimated Population | Notifications | Notification Rate per 1,000 population | Deaths | Death Rate per 1,000 population | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pulmonary | Other forms | All forms | Pulmonary | Other forms | All forms | Pulmonary | Other forms | All forms | Pulmonary | Other forms | All forms | ||
1939 | 167,300 | 310 | 44 | 354 | 1.87 | 0.26 | 213 | 118 | 12 | 130 | 0.70 | 0.07 | 0.77 |
1940 | 133,200 | 292 | 45 | 337 | 219 | 0.33 | 2.52 | 144 | 16 | 160 | 1.08 | 0.12 | 1.20 |
1941 | 103,770 | 283 | 40 | 323 | 2.72 | 0.38 | 3.10 | 113 | 10 | 123 | 1.08 | 0.09 | 1.17 |
1942 | 105,900 | 274 | 42 | 316 | 2.58 | 0.39 | 2.97 | 134 | 13 | 147 | 1.26 | o.ia | 1.38 |
1943 | 108,640 | 273 | 44 | 317 | 2.51 | 0.40 | 2.91 | 111 | 6 | 117 | 1 .02 | 0.05 | 1.07 |
1944 | 105,780 | 320 | 38 | 358 | 3 02 | 0.35 | 3.37 | 115 | 13 | 128 | 1.08 | 0.09 | |
1945 | 111,400 | 298 | 39 | 337 | 2.67 | 0.35 | 3 02 | 117 | 10 | 127 | 1.05 | 0.08 | 1.13 |
1946 | 129,410 | 308 | 47 | 355 | 2.45 | 0.36 | 2.81 | 92 | 6 | 98 | 0.71 | 0 04 | 0.75 |
1947 | 136,700 | 320 | 41 | 361 | 2.34 | 0.30 | 2.64 | 96 | 9 | 105 | 0.70 | 0.07 | 0.77 |
1948 | 140,200 | 318 | 45 | 363 | 2.27 | 0.32 | 2.59 | 90 | 8 | 98 | 0.64 | 0.06 | 0.70 |
1949 | 141,330 | 314 | 38 | 352 | 2.22 | 0.27 | 2.49 | 99 | 6 | 105 | 0.70 | 0.04 | 0.74 |
1950 | 141,300 | 344 | 32 | 376 | 2.43 | 0.23 | 2.66 | 69 | 7 | 76 | 0.48 | 0.05 | 0.53 |