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Islington 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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37 1927
| Registration Sub-Districts. | Wards. | Respiratory Tuberculosis. | Other Forms of Tuberculosis. | Grand Totals | Tuberculosis Rate per 1,000 of Population. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | ||||
| Tufnell | Tufnell | 24 | 17 | 41 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 47 | 1.39 |
| Up. Holloway | Up. Holloway | 31 | 27 | 58 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 66 | 2.08 |
| Tollington | Tollington | 21 | 20 | 41 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 50 | 1.62 |
| Lr. Holloway | Lr. Holloway | 39 | 26 | 65 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 72 | 1.73 |
| Highbury | Highbury | 37 | 20 | 57 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 65 | 2.03 |
| Mildmay | 22 | 15 | 37 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 45 | 1.56 | |
| Barnsbury | Thornhill | 32 | 16 | 48 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 64 | 2.11 |
| Barnsbury | 33 | 16 | 49 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 64 | 2.57 | |
| Islington, S.E. | St. Mary's | 21 | 16 | 37 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 45 | 2.47 |
| Canonbury | 29 | 18 | 47 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 54 | 1.67 | |
| St. Peter's | 25 | 31 | 56 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 68 | 2.28 | |
| Totals | 314 | 222 | 536 | 54 | 50 | 104 | 640 | 1.91 | |
THE PERIOD OF LIFE AT WHICH TUBERCULOSIS ATTACKED THE PERSONS NOTIFIED DURING 1927.
| Tubercular Diseases. | Sex. | Cases Notified in Whole District. At Ages—Years. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all ages. | At ages-Years. | ||||||||
| Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and up. | |||
| Respiratory Tuberculosis | M. | 314 | - | 2 | 9 | 56 | 136 | 102 | 9 |
| F. | 222 | - | 4 | 9 | 74 | 97 | 30 | 8 | |
| Tubercular Meningitis | M. | 5 | 2 | 1* | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| F. | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Tabes Mesenterica | M. | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - |
| F. | 6 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | |
| General Tuberculosis | M. | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| F. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | M. | 40 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 2 | - |
| F. | 42 | - | 6 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | |
| All Tubercular Diseases | M. | 368 | 4 | 13 | 33 | 63 | 142 | 104 | 9 |
| F. | 272 | - | 12 | 24 | 89 | 107 | 31 | 9 | |
| Totals | - | 610 | 4 | 25 | 57 | 152 | 249 | 135 | 18 |
| Percentages at each life period to total cases | - | - | 0.03 | 3.91 | 8.91 | 23.75 | 38.90 | 21.09 | 2.81 |
From the above statement it will be seen how the disease attacked people a
the various ages, viz. :
In every hundred cases 0.63 were under 1 year of age
„ „ 8.91 were aged 1 to 5 years.
„ „ 8.91 were aged 5 to 15 years.
Prime „ ,, 23.75 were aged 15 to 25 years
of „ ,, 38.90 were aged 25 to 45 years
Life „ ,, 21.09 were aged 45 to 65 years
,, ,, 2.81 were aged 65 and upwards.