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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
Islington 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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Tuberculosis
The number of deaths due to tuberculosis of the lungs was by a substantial margin
the lowest ever recorded. However, the same cannot, unfortunately, be said in respect
of the number of new cases of tuberculosis of the lungs reported which was slightly
higher than for the previous year. The distribution of cases as in former years differs
as between the sexes. In adult males the new cases, as will be seen from the table, are
spread fairly evenly throughout the age groups. In females on the other hand the greatest
proportion of new cases is in adolescents and young women under the age of 35, accounting
for almost 50 per cent, of all new cases of tuberculosis in females at all ages. It is
obvious that the problem of tuberculosis of the lungs is still with us to a major degree,
although the risk of a relatively early fatal issue may be very much less.
| Ages | NEW CASES | DEATHS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respi ratory | Non-Respiratory | Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0– | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1– | 8 | 7 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5– | 2 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 15– | 25 | 29 | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | – |
| 25– | 25 | 22 | 6 | 2 | – | 1 | – | – |
| 35– | 26 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| 45– | 26 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 55– | 27 | 12 | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 65 and upwards | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Total for all ages | 151 | 110 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 296 | 13 | |||||||
Rates per 1,000 population:
New cases: pulmonary 1. 17
Deaths : pulmonary 0.05
non-pulmonary 0.16
non-pulmonary 0.009