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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 1920
Sixty-fifth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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[1920
THE PERIOD OF LIFE AT WHICH TUBERCULOSIS ATTACKED THE PERSONS NOTIFIED DURING 1920.
| Tubercular Diseases. | Sex. | At all ages. | CASES NOTIFIED IN WHOLE DISTRICT. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | 381 | — | 3 | 20 | 62 | 207 | 84 | 5 |
| F. | 282 | — | 2 | 22 | 68 | 139 | 46 | 5 | |
| Tubercular Meningitis | M. | 6 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| F. | 6 | — | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | — | |
| Tabes Mesenterica | M. | 5 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — |
| F. | 5 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | |
| General Tuberculosis | M. | 3 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| F. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | M. | 60 | — | 4 | 24 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 2 |
| F. | 32 | — | — | 17 | 7 | 7 | 1 | — | |
| All Tubercular Diseases | M. | 455 | 2 | 15 | 45 | 78 | 223 | 85 | 7 |
| F. | 325 | — | 5 | 45 | 75 | 146 | 48 | 6 | |
| Totals | 780 | 2 | 20 | 90 | 153 | 369 | 133 | 13 | |
| Percentages at each life period to total cases | 100 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 11.5 | 19.6 | 47.3 | 17.0 | 1.7 | |
From the above statement it will be seen how the disease attacked people at the various ages, viz.:
| Prime of Life | In every hundred cases 0.3 were under 1 year of age. |
| „ „ „ 2.6 were aged 1 to 5 years. | |
| „ „ „ 11.5 „ 5 to 15 „ | |
| „ „ „ 19.6 were aged 15 to 25 years „ „ „ 47.3 83.9 were aged 15 to 25 years „ 25 to 45 „ | |
| „ „ „ 17.0 were aged 45 to 65 years | |
| ,, „ „ 1.7 „ 65 and upwards. |