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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 1905
Fiftieth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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Tubercular Diseases. Tuberculosis of the Lungs or Phthisis, Tuberculosis
of the Brain, Tuberculosis of the Larynx, Tuberculosis of the Abdomen or Tabes
Mesenterica, and General Ttiberculosis.
Phthisis—Phthisis caused 438 deaths or 112 less than the corrected average
of the previous 11 years. The return is the lowest that has been recorded
during this period, and represents a mortality of 1.28per 1,000 of the inhabitants,
as against the average in the years stated of i*6i. The mortality from Phthisis
represents 8.84 of the deaths from all causes, which also is a reduction of 0.89
on the proportion in the eleven years.
The particulars for each period of life were as follows :—
| Age periods. | Deaths. | Deaths per 1,000 persons living at each age. | Age periods. | Deaths. | Deaths per 1,000 persons living at each age. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0- 5 | 15 | 0.41 | 55-65 | 39 | 1.88 |
| 5-15 | 6 | 0.09 | 65-75 | 13 | 1.24 |
| 15-25 | 60 | 0.88 | 75-85 | 1 | 0.23 |
| 25-35 35-45 | 122 98 | 1.95 2.19 | Total | 438 | 1.28 |
| 45-55 | 84 | 2.63 |
A statement of the deaths during the last 12 years is set out below, an 1 shows the enormous death toll which this disease demands annually:—
| Years. | Phthisis. | Proportion of Deaths from Phthisis per 100 Deaths from All Causes. | Death rates from All Cause per 1.000 inhabitants. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths | Death rates per 1,000 inhabitants. | |||
| 1894 | 539 | 1.63 | 10.24 | 15.9 |
| 1895 | 568 | 1.70 | 9.86 | 17.2 |
| 1896 | 530 | 1.54 | 9.01 | 17.1 |
| 1897 | 520 | 1.54 | 9.64 | 16.0 |
| 1898 | 527 | 1.56 | 9.24 | 16.9 |
| 1899 | 583 | 1.73 | 9.26 | 18.7 |
| 1900 | 602 | 1.79 | 10.52 | 17.0 |
| 1901 | 545 | 1.62 | 10.16 | 15.9 |
| 1902 | 515 | 1.50 | 9.14 | 16.4 |
| 1903 | 492 | 1.45 | 10.16 | 14.2 |
| 1904 | 533 | 1.56 | 10.18 | 15.3 |
| Corrected mean | 550 | 1.61 | 9.73 | 16.5 |
| 1905 | 438 | 1.28 | 8.84 | 14.4 |