Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Sixty-fifth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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The following return gives the deaths at each age period :—•
| Age periods. | Males. | Females. | Total | Age periods. | Males. | Females. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 45-55 | 49 | 28 | 77 |
| 5-15 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 55-65 | 26 | 11 | 37 |
| 15-25 | 21 | 30 | 51 | 65 upwards | 12 | 12 | 24 |
| 25-35 | 29 | 35 | 64 | Total | 186 | 163 | 349 |
| 35-45 | 40 | 37 | 77 |
| Quarters. | Tufnell | Upper Holloway | Tollington | Lower Holloway | Highbury | Barnsbury | Islington South-East | The Borough |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | 12 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 21 | 12 | 29 | 101 |
| Second | 7 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 24 | 96 |
| Third | 7 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 13 | 67 |
| Fourth | 6 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 21 | 85 | |
| The Year | 32 | 43 | 25 | 47 | 52 | 63 | 87 | 349 |
| Diseases. | Ages. | Sex. | Districts. | Total Deaths. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-1 | 1-5 | over 5 | M. | F. | Tuf | U.H. | Toll. | L.H. | H. | B. | S.E. | ||
| Phthisis | 1 | 6 | 341 | 186 | 162 | 31 | 43 | 25 | 47 | 52 | 63 | 87 | 348 |
| Tuberculosis of the Larynx | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Tubercular Meningitis | 7 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 40 |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | 5 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | .. | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 18 |
| General Tuberculosis | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | ???1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Other Forms of Tuberculosis | .. | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| All Tubercular Diseases | 9 | 28 | 388 | 227 | 198 | 41 | 50 | 26 | 57 | 65 | 79 | 107 | 425 |