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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]
| Registration Sub-Districts. | Wards. | Respiratory Tuberculosis. | Other Forms of Tuberculosis. | Grand Totals | Tuberculosis Kate per 1,000 of Population. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | ||||
| Tufnell | Tufnell | 27 | 20 | 47 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 63 | 1.81 |
| Up. Holloway | Up. Holloway | 31 | 30 | til | 5 | 3 | 8 | 69 | 2.06 |
| Tollington | Tollington | 27 | 24 | 51 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 58 | 1.82 |
| Lr. Holloway | Lr. 1 lolloway | 24 | 21 | 45 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 64 | 1.51 |
| Highbury | Highbury | 31 | 20 | 51 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 56 | 1.68 |
| Mildmay | 15 | 17 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 39 | 1.34 | |
| Barnsbury | Thornhill | 23 | 17 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 55 | 1.75 |
| Barnsbury | 26 | 22 | 48 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 59 | 2 .35 | |
| Islington, S.E. | St. Mary's | 25 | 15 | 40 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 49 | 2.63 |
| Canonburv | 31 | 37 | 68 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 82 | 2.50 | |
| St. Peter's | 20 | 28 | 57 | 7 | 8 | 1:1 | 72 | 2.34 | |
| Totals | 289 | 251 | 540 | 67 | 59 | 126 | 666 | 1.94 | |
THE PERIOD OF LIFE AT WHICH TUBERCULOSIS ATTACKED THE PERSONS NOTIFIED DURING 1921.
| Tubercular Diseases. | Sex. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all ages. | At Ages—Years. | ||||||||
| Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and up- | |||
| Respiratory Tuberculosis | M. | 289 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 48 | 135 | 77 | 5 |
| F. | 251 | — | 2 | 13 | 71 | 122 | 37 | 6 | |
| Tubercular Meningitis | M. | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| F. | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Tabes Mesenterica | M. | 11 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | — |
| F. | 4 | — | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | |
| General Tuberculosis | M. | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| F. | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | M. | 49 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 1 | — |
| F. | 51 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 1 | |
| All Tubercular Diseases | M. | 356 | 8 | 20 | 43 | 62 | 139 | 79 | 5 |
| F. | 310 | 1 | 13 | 28 | 85 | 136 | 39 | 8 | |
| Totals | 666 | 9 | 33 | 71 | 147 | 275 | 118 | 13 | |
| Percentages at each life period to total cases | 100 | 1.3 | 4.9 | 10.7 | 22.1 | 41.3 | 17.7 | 2.0 | |
From the above statement it will be seen how the disease attacked people at the various ages, viz.:—
| In every hundred cases 1*3 were under 1 year of age | |
| „ ,, 4.9 were aged 1 to 5 years. | |
| „ „ 10.7 were aged 5 to 15 years. | |
| Prime of Life | „ ,, 22.1 were aged 15 to 25 years |
| „ ,, 41.3 81.1 were aged 25 to 45 years | |
| „ ,, 17.7 were aged 15 to 65 years | |
| „ „ 2.0 were aged 65 and upwards. | |