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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 1924
Sixty-ninth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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1924
among males and 256 among females. The following statement shows the ages at death of the persons attacked during the past ten years, and the return for the year 1924:—
| Ages. | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | Mean 10 Yrs. | 1924 | Difference. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–5 | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | 3 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 5–15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – |
| 15–25 | 2 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | + 1 |
| 25–35 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 9 | + 1 |
| 35–45 | 37 | 24 | 30 | 31 | 27 | 36 | 32 | 34 | 34 | 27 | 31 | 38 | + 7 |
| 45–55 | 69 | 75 | 86 | 73 | 75 | 101 | 74 | 98 | 88 | 88 | 83 | 77 | – 6 |
| 55–65 | 121 | 120 | 124 | 131 | 99 | 120 | 110 | 140 | 124 | 138 | 123 | 131 | + 8 |
| 65–75 | 96 | 105 | 114 | 120 | 126 | 123 | 124 | 131 | 110 | 125 | 117 | 149 | + 32 |
| 75–85 | 40 | 39 | 48 | 55 | 52 | 39 | 43 | 52 | 47 | 68 | 48 | 52 | + 4 |
| 85 & upwards | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 8 | + 2 |
| 384 | 377 | 412 | 432 | 393 | 438 | 402 | 475 | 421 | 472 | 421 | 470 | + 49 |
| Quarters. | Tufnell. | Upper Holloway. | Tollington. | Lower Holloway. | Highbury. | Barnsbury. | Islington, South East. | The Borough |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | 15 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 13 | 22 | 115 |
| Second | 6 | 19 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 31 | 108 |
| Third | 14 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 27 | 14 | 24 | 112 |
| Fourth | 16 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 135 |
| The Year | 51 | 61 | 38 | 61 | 90 | 66 | 103 | 470 |
TUBERCULOSIS.
Tuberculosis caused 39!) deaths, which were 107 below the average of the
last decennium, but were 10 above the number registered in 1923. The death-rate
resulting from them was equal to 1.16 per 1,000 of the civil population, and represented
9.4 per cent. of the deaths from all causes during the year.
There was a decrease of 82 on the ten years' average number of deaths, and of 0.28 on the mean death-rate.
| Tuberculosis (Respiratory System). | Proportion of Deaths from Tuberculosis per 100 Deaths from All Causes. | Death rates from All Causes per 1,000 inhabitants. | ||
| Years. | Deaths. | Death rates per 1,000 inhabitants. | ||
| 1914 | 461 | 1.42 | 9.33 | 15.2 |
| 1915 | 496 | 1.57 | 8.98 | 17.0 |
| 1916 | 458 | 1.48 | 9.64 | 15.3 |
| 1917 | 485 | 1.63 | 10.54 | 15.5 |
| 1918 | 516 | 1.80 | 8.83 | 20.4 |
| 1919 | 388 | 1.18 | 8.56 | 14.1 |
| 1920 | 349 | 1.04 | 7.80 | 13.3 |
| 1921 | 355 | 1.07 | 8.13 | 13.1 |
| 1922 | 378 | 1.13 | 8.19 | 13.8 |
| 1923 | 337 | 1.00 | 8.64 | 11.6 |
| Average 10 years | 422 | 1.27 | 8.84 | 14.4 |