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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 1918
Sixty-third annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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Other Tubercular Diseases.—In addition to the deaths from Phthisis
there were 115 from other tubercular diseases, namely:—
Tabes Mesenterica 20 deaths.
Tubercular Meningitis 67 „
General Tuberculosis 11
Other forms of Tuberculosis 17 „
These brought up the total number of deaths from tubercular diseases to
631, which are equal to an annual death-rate of 2.20 per 1,000 of the civil
Populaion.
Their distribution among the sub-registration districts was as follows:-
| Phthisis. | Tabes Mesenterica | Tubercular Meningitis. | General Tuberculosis. | Other forms of Tuberculosis. | Totals. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tufnell | 44 | 4 | 4 | — | 2 | 54 |
| Upper Holloway | 6 7 | — | 8 | — | 2 | 77 |
| Tollington | 55 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 68 |
| Lower Holloway | 59 | 4 | 8 | — | 2 | 73 |
| Highbury | 65 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 82 |
| Barnsbury | 96 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 116 |
| Islington South-East | 130 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 161 |
| The Borough | 516 | 20 | 67 | 11 | 17 | 631 |
DEATHS FROM THE DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM.
These diseases, which include Chronic and Acute Bronchitis, Pneumonia,
Pleurisy and Asthma, caused 1,156 deaths, or 269 more than in 1917. 1 hey
were equal to a death-rate of 4.03 per 1,000 of the civil population, and
represented 19'8 per cent. of the total deaths registered in the borough.
Acute Bronchitis.—There were 144 deaths as compared with 13'2 in the
previous year. 55 occurred among males, and 89 among females. The deaths
of 28 infants under 12 months were registered.
Chronic Bronchitis.—Three hundred and six deaths were ascribed
to it, 175 being males and 131 females. This return is 4 below that for 1917.
Pneumonia (All forms).—Six hundred and forty-nine deaths were
registered, of which 321 were males and 328 females. They are 254 above
the number who died in 1917. It was very fatal to infants under a year old,
among whom it caused 87 deaths, while between the ages of 1 and 5 years
190 died from it. Above 5 years of age the deaths numbered 372,