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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
Marylebone 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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Deaths from Phthisis. Five years— 1922-1926.
| Year | Estimated Population | All Ages | Sub-Districts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Souls | St. Mary | Christ Church | St. John | |||
| 1922 | 105,200 | 98 | 15 | 27 | 42 | 14 |
| 1923 | 105,400 | 94 | 19 | 25 | 33 | 17 |
| 1921 | 105,300 | 98 | 18 | 32 | 35 | 13 |
| 1925 | 106,100 | 80 | 15 | 30 | 25 | 10 |
| 1926 | 105,800 | 94 | 12 | 25 | 40 | 17 |
The distribution of the 94 deaths was as follows:—In Poor Law Institutions,
41; general and other hospitals, 31; and at home, 22.
Of those who died 49 were insured (42 males and 7 females), and 41 uninsured
(21 males and 20 females). In addition there were 4 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 151.
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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0—1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1—5 | — | — | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 5—10 | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| 10—15 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| 15—20 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — |
| 20—25 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 25—35 | 14 | 17 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — , | — |
| 35—45 | 20 | 11 | 3 | — | 3 | 4 | — | 1 |
| 45—55 | 30 | 5 | 2 | — | 9 | 2 | — | — |
| 55 -65 | 13 | 3 | — | — | 4 | — | — | — |
| 65 and upwards | 7 | 3 | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | ~ | — |
| Totals | 96 | 55 | 18 | 12 | 21 | 13 | — | 2 |
The information as to the localisation of the disease, given in the following
table brings out no fact to which attention has not already been directed.