Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Fifty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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1906]
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A statement of the Heaths during the Inst 13 years is set out below, and shows the enormous death toll which this disease demands annually:-
| Years. | Deaths | PHTHISIS, Death rates per 1,000 Inhabitents | Proportion of Death from Phthisis per 100 Deaths from All Causes. | Death rates from All Causes per 1,000 Inhabitants. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1894 | 539 | 1.63 | 10.24 | 15.9 |
| 1895 | 568 | 170 | 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 |
| 1905 | 438 | 1.28 | 8.84 | 14.4 |
| Corrected mean | 546 | 1.58 | 9.69 | 16.3 |
The deaths at 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 | 19 | 0.51 | 55-65 | 37 | 1.78 |
| 5-15 | 4 | o.o6 | 65-75 | 12 | 1.13 |
| 15-25 | 60 | 0.87 | 75.85 | 3 | 0.70 |
| 25-35 | 104 | 1.66 | Total | 411 | 1.19 |
| 35-45 | 90 | 2.00 | |||
| 45-55 | 82 | 2.56 |