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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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[1918
THE PERIODS OF LIFE AT WHICH TUBERCULOSIS ATTACKED THE PERSONS NOTIFIED DURING 1918
| Tubercular Diseases. | Sex. | CASES NOTIFIED IN WHOLE DISTRICT. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all ages. | At Ages—Years. | ||||||||
| Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards | |||
| Phthisis (including Tuberculosis of Larynx.) | M. | 603 | 1 | 4 | 52 | 96 | 295 | 137 | 18 |
| F. | 403 | — | 1 | 48 | 79 | 182 | 82 | 11 | |
| Tubercular Meningitis | M. | 10 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — |
| F. | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | |
| Tabes Mesenterica | M. | 14 | — | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| F. | 10 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | |
| General Tuberculosis | M. | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — |
| F. | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | M. | 61 | 1 | 7 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 |
| F | 73 | — | 6 | 33 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | |
| All Tubercular Diseases | M. | 691 | 6 | 19 | 89 | 108 | 307 | 143 | .19 |
| F. | 498 | 5 | 11 | 89 | 97 | 195 | 88 | 13 | |
| Totals | 1189 | 11 | 30 | 178 | 205 | 502 | 231 | 32 | |
| Percentages at each life period to total cases | 100 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 15.0 | 17.2 | 42.2 | 19.4 | 2.7 | |
Disinfection of Houses and Rooms after Phthisis. The following statement gives the particulars for the yeax : —
| Houses. | Rooms | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st quarter | 97 | 112 |
| 2nd „ | 64 | 92 |
| 3rd „ | 71 | 93 |
| 4th „ | 70 | 100 |
| Total | 302 | 397 |