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 following table gives particulars of the prevalence and fatality of tuberculosis during the past twenty-three years:-
Year | Estimated population | Not if icat ions | Not if icat ion Rate per 1,000 population | Deaths | Death Rate per 1,000 population | ||||||||
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Pulmonary | Other forms | All forms | Pulmonary | Other forms | All forms | Pulmonary | Other forms | All forms | Pulmonary | Other forms | All forms | ||
1940 | 133,200 | 292 | 45 | 337 | 2.19 | 0.33 | 2.52 | 144 | 16 | 160 | 1.08 | 0.12 | 1.20 |
1941 | 313,770 | 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 | 0.12 | 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 | 1.17 |
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 |
1951 | 139,100 | 353 | 40 | 393 | 2.54 | 0. 28 | 2.82 | 67 | 6 | 73 | 0.48 | 0.04 | 0.52 |
1952 | 139,600 | 313 | 36 | 349 | 2.24 | 0.26 | 2.50 | 43 | 3 | 46 | 0.31 | 0.02 | 0.33 |
1953 | 138,400 | 322 | 33 | 355 | 2.32 | 0.24 | 2.56 | 37 | 2 | 39 | 0.27 | 0.01 | 0.28 |
1954 | 136,400 | 274 | 24 | 298 | 2.01 | 0.17 | 2.18 | 36 | 2 | 38 | 0.26 | 0.02 | 0.28 |
1955 | 134,500 | 295 | 28 | 323 | 2.19 | 0.21 | 2.40 | 31 | 3 | 34 | 0.23 | 0.02 | 0.25 |
1956 | 133,100 | 254 | 20 | 274 | 1.91 | 0.15 | 2.06 | 24 | 4 | 28 | 0.18 | 0.03 | 0.21 |
1957 | 132,000 | 326 | 19 | 345 | 2.47 | 0.14 | 2.61 | 17 | 1 | 18 | 0.13 | 0.01 | 0.14 |
1958 | 130,800 | 282 | 26 | 308 | 2.15 | 0.20 | 2.35 | 20 | 2 | 22 | 0.15 | 0.02 | 0.17 |
1959 | 128,700 | 273 | 14 | 287 | 2.12 | 0.11 | 2.23 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 0.08 | 0.01 | 0.09 |
1960 | 127,710 | 209 | 15 | 224 | 1.64 | 0.12 | 1.76 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 0.09 | 0.01 | 0.10 |
1961 | 125,340 | 186 | 12 | 198 | 1.48 | 0.09 | 1.57 | 9 | - | 9 | 0.07 | - | 0.07 |
1962 | 124,470 | 143 | 15 | 158 | 1.15 | 0.12 | 1.27 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.06 |