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Marylebone 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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Deaths from Phthisis.—Some reference has already been made to the matter
of deaths from tuberculosis and at this point it is proposed only to deal with the
figures relating to tuberculosis of the lungs (consumption or phthisis).
During 1931 the total number certified as due to this cause was 81, the deathrate
being 0.8 per 1,000. In 1930 the deaths numbered 75, the death rate being
0. 7 per 1,000. The distribution of the deaths according to registration districts is
shown in the accompanying table, which gives also the figures for each of the
6 years 1926-1931.
Deaths from Phthisis. 1926—1981.
| Year | Estimated Population | All Ages | Sub-Districts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Souls | St. Mary | Christ Church | St. John | |||
| 1926 | 105,800 | 94 | 12 | 25 | 40 | 17 |
| 1927 | 103,500 | 76 | 20 | 21 | 25 | 10 |
| 1928 | 104,000 | 86 | 10 | 28 | 36 | 12 |
| 1929 | 102,400 | 89 | 20 | 31 | 28 | 10 |
| 1930 | 102,400 | 75 | 17 | 23 | 23 | 12 |
| 1931 | 93,460 | 81 | 19 | 21 | 26 | 15 |
The distribution of the 81 deaths was as follows:—In Poor Law Institutions,
40 ; in general and other hospitals, 13; and at home, 28.
Of those who died 36 were insured (28 males and 8 females), and 45 uninsured
(17 males and 28 females).
As it may be useful for statistical purposes it may be mentioned that while the
deaths numbered 81, the notified cases of pulmonary tuberculosis totalled 145.
The following table prepared at the request of the Ministry of Health contains information with regard to age and sex distribution of all forms of tuberculosis 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 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 1—5 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | - | — |
| 5—10 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | - | — | 1 | 1 |
| 10—15 | 3 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| 15—20 | 8 | 10 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| 20—25 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | - |
| 25—35 | 14 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | - | 1 |
| 35—45 | 24 | 18 | — | — | 10 | 7 | - | - |
| 45-55 | 19 | 8 | 2 | — | 11 | 7 | 2 | - |
| 55-65 | 10 | 6 | 3 | — | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 65 and upwards | 6 | 3 | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Totals | 96 | 83 | 17 | 14 | 45 | 36 | 6 | 5 |
*Including all cases known otherwise than by notification.
The following table, giving information as to localisation of the disease,
brings out no fact to which attention has not already been directed.