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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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35 [1915
The following return gives the deaths at each age period:—
| Age periods. | Deaths. | Age periods. | Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-5 | 11 | 55-65 | 48 |
| 5-15 | 16 | 65-75 | 23 |
| 15-25 | 68 | 75 upwards | 4 |
| 25-35 35-45 | 96 130 | Total | 496 |
| 45-55 | 100 |
Table XXIII.
Showing the Deaths from Phthisis in the Sub-Districts during the Four Quarters of the Year 1915.
| Quarters | Tufnell. | Upper Holloway. | Tollington. | Lower Holloway. | Highbury. | Barnsbury. | Islington, South-East. | The Borough |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 11 | 21 | 22 | 17 | 23 | 27 | 41 | 162 |
| 2nd | 7 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 34 | 104 |
| 3rd | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 14 | 87 |
| 4th | 13 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 28 | 35 | 32 | 143 |
| The Year | 38 | 56 | 51 | 39 | 81 | 110 | 121 | 496 |
Abdominal Tuberculosis caused 30 deaths, of which 15 occurred
among children under five years of age. Sixteen deaths occurred among
males and 14 among females. The death-rate was 0.09 per 1,000.
Tuberculosis of the Larynx. This disease was the cause of 2 deaths,
and produced a death-rate of 0 01 per 1,000.
Tubercular Meningitis.—Sixty-eight deaths were reported from it,
representing a death-rate of 0.21 per 1,000. Of the 68 deaths, 35 were males
and 33 females; while 49 were children under five years, and 19 were persons
over that age; indeed, all with six exceptions were under fifteen.
General Tuberculosis.—The deaths of 19 persons were ascribed to it,
of whom 7 had not reached their fifth year. The deaths were 12 more than in
1914, and produced a death-rate of 0 06 per 1,000.
Other forms of Tuberculosis caused 18 deaths, 4 males and 14
females, which with four exceptions were of persons above five years of age.
The death-rate was 0.05 per 1,000.