[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of] page 122

Islington 1911

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1911

Table: Table LXXX.MortalityfromTuberculosis of the Lung (includingPhthisis)and,otherForms of Tuberculosis.

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Table LXXX.

MortalityfromTuberculosis of the Lung (includingPhthisis)and,other

Forms of Tuberculosis.

Years.	Number of Deaths.							Death Kates.
	Tuberculosis of the Lung (inc'uding Phthisis).			Other forms of Tuberculosis.				Tuberculosis of the Lung (including Phthisis).			Other forms of Tuberculosis.
	Males (all ages).	Females (all ages).	Persons (all ages).	Males (all ages).	Females (all ages).	Persons (all ages).	Children (under 5).	Males (all ages).	Females (all ages).	Persons (all ages).	Males (all ages).	Females (all ages).	Persons (all ages).	Children (under 5).
1901	325	220	545	82	50	132	99	2.04	1.25	1.62	0.51	0.28	0.39	2.74
1902	308	207	515	84	73	157	120	1.92	1.17	1.54	0.52	0.41	0.47	3.31
1903	291	201	492	80	60	140	103	1.80	1.13	1.48	0.49	0.34	0.42	2.82
1904	315	218	533	83	66	149	104	1.94	1.22	1.60	0.51	0.37	0.45	2.84
1905	243	195	438	74	68	142	107	1.49	1.08	1.32	0.45	0.38	0.43	2.90
1906	252	159	411	88	79	167	112	1.54	0.88	1.24	0.54	0.44	0.50	3.02
1907	260	176	436	83	89	172	110	1.58	0.97	1.32	0.45	0.49	0.52	2.95
1908	218	184	432	96	76	172	109	1.53	0.99	1.31	0.59	0.41	0.52	2.85
1909	255	169	424	80	78	158	116	1.53	0.92	1.29	0.48	0.42	0.48	3.07
1910	234	156	390	89	60	149	93	1.39	0.84	119	0.53	0.32	0.45	2.45
Average	273	189	462	84	70	154	107	1.67	1.04	1.39	0.51	0.38	0.46	2.89
1911	223	156	379	71	62	133	80	1.43	0.91	116	0.45	0.36	0.40	2.37
Decreaseon Average	50	33	83	13	8	21	27	0.24	0.13	0.23	0.06	0.02	0.06	0.52

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DIABETES MELLITUS.
During the year 27 deaths were registered from diabetes, which is 5 less
than in 1910, and 7 less than in 1909. They are also 2 below the average
of the preceding ten years. Seventeen deaths occurred among persons above
fifty-five years of age. Indeed, the records of the ten years demonstrate that
over sixty-five per cent. of the mortality occurs at this period of life, which
is only slightly above the proportion in 1911. It is a disease in which grape
sugar is persistently excreted in the urine. It is more frequent among males
than females, although singularly enough during the last ten years the annual
average number of deaths among males and females in Islington has been
almost equal, viz.: 15 males and 14 females; and last year the numbers were
13 males and 14 females. Its causes are various. Thus there may be a

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Table: Table LXXX.MortalityfromTuberculosis of the Lung (includingPhthisis)and,otherForms of Tuberculosis.

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