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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 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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D eaths from P hthisis. Five years—1924-1928.
| Year | Estimated Population | All Ages | Sub-Districts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Souls | St. Mary | Christ Church | St. John | |||
| 1921 | 105,300 | 98 | 18 | 32 | 35 | 13 |
| 1925 | 106,100 | 80 | 15 | 30 | 25 | 10 |
| 1926 | 105,800 | 94 | 12 | 25 | 40 | 17 |
| 1927 | 103,500 | 76 | 20 | 21 | 25 | 10 |
| 1928 | 104,000 | 86 | 10 | 28 | 36 | 12 |
The distributionof the 86 deaths was as follows:—In Poor Law Institutions,
36; general and other hospitals, 25; and at home, 25.
Of those who died 58 were insured (42 males and 16 females), and 28
uninsured (12 males and 16 females).
As it may be useful for statistical purposes it may be mentioned that while
the deaths numbered 86, the notified cases of pulmonary tuberculosis totalled 139.
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 | ALL DEATHS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0—1 | _ | _ | 2 | - | _ | — | 1 | — |
| 1—5 | - | - | — | - | — | — | — | — |
| 5—10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 10—15 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | - | — | 1 |
| 15—20 | 6 | 10 | — | — | 3 | 5 | — | - |
| 20—25 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | — | - |
| 25—35 | 18 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | — | 1 |
| 35—45 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 1 | - |
| 45—55 | 16 | 9 | 3 | — | 18 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 55 -65 | 9 | 1 | _ | — | 5 | 2 | — | — |
| 65 and upwards | 4 | 1 | — | — | 4 | - | - | - |
| Totals | 86 | 74 | 19 | 10 | 54 | 30 | 4 | 4 |
*Including all cases known otherwise than by notification.
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.