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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]
The following return gives the deaths at each age period:—
| Age Periods. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0–5 | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| 5–15 | 4 | – | 4 |
| 15–25 | 30 | 36 | 66 |
| 25–35 | 41 | 36 | 77 |
| 35–45 | 40 | 28 | 68 |
| 45–55 | 38 | 20 | 58 |
| 55–65 | 26 | 11 | 37 |
| 65 upwards | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| Total | 194 | 140 | 340 |
| Quarters. | Tufnell. | Upper Hollo-way. | Tolling-ton. | Lower Hollo-way. | Highbury. | Barnsbury. | Islington, South East. | The Borough |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | 13 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 22 | 24 | 103 |
| Second | 14 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 22 | 90 |
| Third | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 18 | 67 |
| Fourth | 3 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 20 | 80 |
| The Year | 36 | 34 | 30 | 33 | 58 | 65 | 84 | 340 |
| Form. | Ages. | Sex. | Districts. | Total Deaths. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-1 | 1-5 | over 5 | M. | F. | Tuf. | U.H. | Toll. | L.H. | H. | B. | S.E. | |||
| Respiratory | 3 | 13 | 324 | 194 | 146 | 36 | 34 | 30 | 33 | 58 | 65 | 84 | 340 | |
| Meningeal | 5 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 29 | |
| Abdominal | 1 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 6 | – | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | |
| General | 1 | – | 3 | 4 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 9 | 1 | – | 4 | |
| Other forms | – | – | 11 | – | 11 | 2 | 1 | – | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | |
| All Tuberculosis | 10 | 29 | 360 | 224 | 175 | 44 | 41 | 33 | 39 | 70 | 74 | 98 | 399 | |
DEATHS FROM THE DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM.
(Exclusive of Tuberculosis and Influenza.)
These diseases, which include Chronic and Acute Bronchitis, Pneumonia,
Pleurisy and Asthma, caused 797 deaths, or 199 more than in 1923. They were
equal to a death-rate of 2.3 per 1,000 of the civil population, and represented 19
per cent. of the total deaths registered in the Borough.
Acute Bronchitis —There were 10G deaths as compared with 80 in the
previous year. 37 occurred among males, and 69 among females. The deaths of
19 infants under 12 months were registered.
Chronic Bronchitis. 277 deaths were ascribed to it, 129 being males and
148 females. This return is 92 above that for 1923,