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Islington 1911

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

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1911]
(14) In Islington the Poor Law Administration cost in 1910-11, exclusive
of Notification Fees, £203,810.
(15) In Islington the amount paid in Fees for Hospital accommodation for
the prevention of Infectious Diseases averages £40,000 per annum, equal to
515d. in the £ rateable value.
(16) The cost of pauperism due to Tuberculous Diseases is estimated at
one-seventh the total. On this basis, therefore, the cost in Islington last year
would be £29,115, equal to about 3.8d. in the £ rateable value.
(17) The estimated value of an adult human life is £300 to £400.
(18) In Friendly Societies, consumptive patients who die cost three times
more than the patients who die from all causes, namely: £21 as against £7.
(19) In New York the estimated loss in money through deaths from Consumption
has been reckoned at £4,600,000 per annum.
(20) In London on the same basis it would be £3,000,000 per annum.

Table: Table CXVIII.Showing theDeathsfromAll Causesand fromAll Forms of Tuberculosisduring the ten years1901-1910.

Table CXVIII.

Showing theDeathsfromAll Causesand fromAll Forms of Tuberculosis

during the ten years1901-1910.

Age at Death.Total.
Under 1 year151525354555657585 and over.
All Causes10,4505,6061,5481,8122,9124,0625,1306,0956,4886,7361.37650,275
Phthisis (including tuberculosis of Larynx.)891431136141,1001,08189143616130..4,658
Abdominal Tuberculosis19711820101210952....383
Tubercular Meningitis1853781112613652......726
General Tuber culosis57100261414169932..256
Other Forms ol Tuberculosis9221715111813121121131
All Forms of Tuberculosis5377672876791,1501,1319274611773416,154