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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 1916
Sixty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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33 [1916
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 513 deaths, which were 58 less than
the average number recorded during the past ten years, while they were 118
below the number registered in the present year.
The deaths represent 1.66 per 1,000 of the civil population, and 10.8 per
cent, of the deaths from all causes during the year.
The number of deaths from tuberculosis in each of the preceding ten years has been as follows:—
| Year. | Deaths. | Death Rates. |
|---|---|---|
| 1906 | 1.74 | |
| I907 | 608 | 1.84 |
| 1908 | 604 | 1.83 |
| 1909 | 1.77 | |
| 1911 | 512 | |
| 1912 | 1.69 | |
| 1.61 | ||
| 1915 | 631 | |
| Average 571 | ||
Pulmonary Phthisis.—To this disease 458 deaths were ascribed, as
contrasted with a decennial average of 428, while the death-rate was 1.48 per
1,000 of the civil population, as against a decennial rate of 1.30 per 1,000.
Thus it is seen there was an increase of 30 on the average number of deaths,
and 0.18 on the mean death-rate.