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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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[1916
Their distribution among the sub-registration districts was as follows:—
| Phthisis. | Tabes Mesenterica | Tubercular Meningitis. | General Tuberculosis. | Other forms of Tuberculosis. | Totals. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tufnell | 37 | 3 | 5 | — | 3 | 48 |
| Upper Holloway | 62 | 1 | 8 | — | 2 | 73 |
| Tollington | 34 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 44 |
| Lower Holloway | 54 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 73 |
| Highbury | 71 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 84 |
| Bamsbury | 78 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 103 |
| Islington South-East | 122 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 148 |
| The Borough | 458 | 22 | 60 | 12 | 21 | 573 |
DEATHS FROM THE DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM.
These diseases, which include Chronic and Acute Bronchitis, Pneumonia,
Pleurisy and Asthma, caused 1,006 deaths, or 135 more than in 1915. They
were equal to a death-rate of 325 per 1,000 of the civil population, and
represented 21.2 per cent. of the total deaths registered in the borough.
Acute Bronchitis.-There were 146 deaths as compared with 192 in the
previous year. 69 occurred among males, and 77 among females. No less
than 41 deaths of infants under 12 months were registered.
In the Public Institutions within the borough 9 deaths occurred.
Chronic Bronchitis.—Three hundred and sixty-eight deaths were
ascribed to it, 176 being males and 192 females. This return is 23 above the
return for 1915.
Pneumonia (All forms).— Four hundred and forty-five deaths were
registered, of which 233 were males and 212 females. They are 82 above
the number who died in 1915. It was very fatal to infants under a year old,
among whom it caused 102 deaths, while between the ages of 1 and 5 year
97 died from it. Above 5 years of age the deaths numbered 246.
As many as 107 deaths occurred in Public Institutions, chiefly the Workhouse
Infirmaries.