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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
St Pancras 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras]
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This is equal to a death-rate of 2.38 (l.89 pulmonary, 0.49 non-pulmonary) for 1000 civilian population. The deaths are classified in the following table:—
| 0-1 | 1-5 | 5—15 | 15—25 | 25—35 | 35—45 | 45—55 | 55—05 | 65—75 | 75—85 | 85 up. | Total Males. | 0-1 | 1-3 | 5—15 | 15—25 | 25—35 | 35—45 | 45—55 | 55-65 | 65-75 | 75—85 | 85 up. | Total Female. | Total Persons. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 1 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 25 | 47 | 55 | 27 | 11 | 3 | — | 192 | - | 2 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 29 | 15 | 15 | 3 | — | 117 | 309 | |
| Phthisis (not defined as tuberculous) | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 23 | - | - | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | - | - | 21 | 14 | ||
| Total Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 1 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 33 | 51 | 59 | 31 | 12 | - | 215 | - | 2 | 9 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 17 | 19 | 3 | - | - | 138 | 353 | |
| Acute Phthisis | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | |
| Acute Miliary Tuberculosis | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 6 |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 3 | 8 | 3 | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | 3 | 12 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | 36 |
| Tabes Mesenterica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| Other Peritoneal and Intestinal Tubercle | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 14 | ||
| Tuberculosis of Spinal Column | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 6 | |
| Tuberculosis of Joints | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 7 |
| Lupus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scrofula | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | ——— | ——— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis of other Organs | _ | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 6 |
| Disseminated Tuberculosis | - | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | - | - | — | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 8 |
| Total Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 6 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | - | 44 | 21 | 13 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 47 | 91 | |||
| Total all forms of Tuberculosis | 7 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 36 | 54 | 62 | 34 | 12 | 4 | — | 259 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 31 | 29 | 31 | 20 | 4 | 185 | 444 |
In the next table the new cases notified during 1917 are similarly classified.