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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 1915

Sixtieth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington

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33 [1915

Table: The appended tabular statement gives the number of deaths at ten age periods during the past eleven years:—

The appended tabular statement gives the number of deaths at ten age periods during the past eleven years:—

Ages.190519061907.1908.1909.1910.1911.1912.1913.1914.Average.
1905-19141915.
52111—2111—1—
5-1513323132—221
15-25333835447212
25-351176610657131187
35-45223539412740322531373224
45-55749064637972677183697075
55-659511095112961009213099121101120
65-7592741029394858786119689105
75-85253827393447315149403739
85&up-wards328273756654
328363348367353361329382404384349377

Table: T able XXII.Showing the Deaths from Cancer or Malignant Disease in the several Sub-Districts during the Quarters and the Year 1915.

T able XXII.

Showing the Deaths from Cancer or Malignant Disease in the several Sub-Districts during the Quarters and the Year 1915.

Quarters.Tufnell.Upper Holloway.Tollington.Lower Holloway.Highbury.Barnsbury.Islington, South-EastThe Borough.
1st10161010141527102
2nd14134817171386
3rd10151011181917100
4th5156721142189
The Year39593036706578377

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TUBERCULOSIS.
Pulmonary Phthisis, Tabes Mesenterica, Tubercular Meningitis, Tuberculosis
of the Larynx, General Tuberculosis, and other forms of Tuberculosis,
such as Lupus, Tuberculous Caries, and Pott's Disease.
These diseases were responsible for 631 deaths, a number considerably
in excess of those registered during the past ten years, being 65 above the
average for that period.
The deaths represent 1.99 per 1,000 of the civil population, and 114 per
cent. of the deaths from all causes during the year.