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Islington 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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1927
PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1912.
| Age-periods | Notification from A. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Primary Notifications. | Total Notifications on Form A. | ||||||||||||
| 0 to 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 and up. | Total primary Noti-fication | ||
| Pulmonary Males | - | 2 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 36 | 70 | 66 | 72 | 30 | 9 | 314 | 470 |
| Females | - | 4 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 43 | 62 | 35 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 222 | 339 |
| Non-pulmonary Males | 4 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | - | — | 54 | 68 |
| „ „ Females | - | 8 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 50 | 65 |
Number of Notifications
Notifications on Form B. On form c
Number of Primary
Notifications. Total
Notifications Poor Law
Total on Institutions. Sanatoria.
Age-periods Un- 6 10 Primary Form B.
der 5 to 10 to 15 Notifications
Pulmonary Males Nil Nil 74 233
„ Females 66 129
Non-pulmonary Males 5 35
„ „ Females 4 30
TUBERCULOSIS.
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non Pulmonary. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Under 1 year | - | - | 5 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| 1-5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 5-10 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 |
| 10-15 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 15-20 | 20 | 35 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 18 | - | 2 |
| 20-25 | 39 | 47 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 2 |
| 25-35 | 79 | 72 | 6 | 11 | 31 | 39 | 1 | |
| 35-45 | 70 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 21 | 1 | 1 |
| 45 55 | 79 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 16 | - | 1 |
| 55-65 | 40 | 13 | - | - | 31 | 11 | - | 1 |
| 65 and upwards | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 351 | 257 | 61 | 61 | 190 | 125 | 16 | 18 |
71 Deaths not notified or 20 3 per cent, of Total Deaths.
PUBLIC HEALTH (PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS)
REGULATIONS, 1925.
During the year 1927 only one person was notified as suffering from Tuberculosis
of the respiratory tract who had been employed or occupied in connection
with a dairy. The case was one in which the sputum on repeated examination
was found negative, and the Tuberculosis Officer reported that the man had
never shown any convincing active physical signs, although he might possibly
be regarded as having a quiescent lesion of the left apex. The matter will be
taken up with a view of having the case de-notified if the conditions so justify.