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Marylebone 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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60
Deaths from Phthisis.
Five years—1919-1923.
| Year. | Estimated Population. | All Ages. | Sub-Districts. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Souls. | St. Mary. | Christ Church. | St. John. | |||
| 1919 | 97,953 | 104 | 12 | 27 | 53 | 12 |
| 1920 1921 | 101,856 105,200 | 94 102 | 14 24 | 28 24 | 38 40 | 14 14 |
| 1922 | 105,200 | 98 | 15 | 27 | 42 | 14 |
| 1923 | 105,400 | 94 | 19 | 25 | 33 | 17 |
The distribution of the 94 deaths was as follows:—In Poor Law Institutions,
29; general and other hospitals, 24; and at home, 41.
Of those who died 55 were insured (35 males and 20 females), and 36 uninsured
(16 males and 20 females). In addition there were 3 children.
As it may be useful for statistical purposes it may be mentioned that while the
deaths numbered 94 the notified cases of pulmonary tuberculosis totalled 190.
The following table prepared at the request of the Ministry of Health contains information with regard to age and sex distribution that may be found interesting.
| Age Periods. | NEW CASES. | DEATHS. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0—1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| 1—5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 5—10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| 10—15 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | — | 3 | — | 2 |
| 15—20 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 20—25 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 6 | — | — | |
| 25—35 | 21 | 22 | 1 | — | 12 | 9 | — | — |
| 35—45 | 25 | 12 | — | 2 | 14 | 10 | — | — |
| 45—55 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | — | 1 |
| 55—65 | 17 | 7 | — | — | 4 | 3 | — | 1 |
| 65 and upwards. | 8 | 3 | — | — | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 115 | 75 | 18 | 16 | 52 | 42 | 8 | 13 |
The following table, giving information as to the localization of the disease,
brings out no fact to which attention has not already been directed.