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Islington 1919

Sixty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington

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Table: THE PERIOD OF LIFE AT WHICH TUBERCULOSIS ATTACKED THE PERSONS NOTIFIED DURING 1919.

THE PERIOD OF LIFE AT WHICH TUBERCULOSIS ATTACKED THE PERSONS NOTIFIED DURING 1919.

Tubercular Diseases.Sex.CASES NOTIFIED IN WHOLE DISTRICT.
At all ages.At Ages—Years.
Under 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 4545 to 6565 and upwards
Phthisis (including Tuberculosis ofLarynxM.452__35622371108
F.307—72873146449
Tubercular MeningitisM.3—21———.—
F.811321——
Tabes MesentericaM.15—392—1—
F.6—14——1—
General TuberculosisM.1———1———
F.1—1—————
Other forms of TuberculosisM.49—4249642
F.38—323732—
All Tubercular DiseasesM.520_9697424311510
F.3601135882150479
Totalsj 88012212715639316219
Percentages at each life period to total cases1000.12.514.417.744.718-42 2

Table: From the above statement it will be seen how the disease attacked people at the various ages, viz.:

From the above statement it will be seen how the disease attacked people at the various ages, viz.:

In every hundred cases 01 were under 1 year of age.
„ „ 2.5 were aged 1 to 5 years.
„ 14.4 „ 5 to 15 „
Prime of Life„ „ „ 17.780.8were aged 15 to 25 years
„ „ „ 44.7„ 25 to 45 „
„ „ „ 18.4were aged 45 to 65 years
„ „ „ 2.2 „ 65 and upwards.