Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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[1928
the decennial rate of 1.11 per 1,000. There was a decrease of 56 on the ten years' average number of deaths, and of 0.16 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. | ||
| 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 | 107 | 8.13 | 13.1 |
| 1922 | 378 | 1.13 | 8.19 | 1.38 |
| 1923 | 337 | 1.00 | 8.64 | 11.6 |
| 1924 | 340 | 0.99 | 8.05 | 12.3 |
| 1925 | 382 | 1.13 | 9.18 | 12.3 |
| 1926 | 289 | 0.85 | 7.06 | 12.0 |
| 1927 | 314 | 0.94 | 7.61 | 12.3 |
| Average 10 years | 365 | 1.11 | 8.21 | 13.5 |
| 1928 | 309 | 0.95 | 7.43 | 12.8 |
The following return gives the deaths at each age period:—
| Age Periods. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-5 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5-15 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 15-25 | 31 | 25 | 56 |
| 25-35 | 29 | 42 | 71 |
| 35-45 | 42 | 22 | 64 |
| 45-55 | 47 | 17 | 64 |
| 55-65 | 22 | 8 | 30 |
| 65 upwards | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| Total | 182 | 127 | 309 |
| Quarters. | Tufnell. | Upper Holloway. | Tollington. | Lower Holloway. | Highbury. | Barns-bury. | Islington, South East. | The Borough |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | 6 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 27 | 91 |
| Second | 8 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 23 | 82 |
| Third | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 59 |
| Fourth | 5 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 17 | 77 |
| The Year | 27 | 30 | 19 | 30 | 50 | 68 | 85 | 309 |
| Form. | Ages. | Sex. | Districts. | B. | S.E. | Total Deaths | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-1 | 1-5 | over 5 | M. | F. | Tuf. | U.H. | Toll. | L.H. | H. | ||||
| Respiratory | — | 3 | 306 | 182 | 127 | 27 | 30 | 19 | 30 | 50 | 68 | 85 | 309 |
| Meningeal | 4 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 7 | I | 3 | 7 | 4 | 25 |
| Abdominal | — | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 7 |
| General | — | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Other forms | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 5 | 10 |
| All Tuberculosis | 5 | 22 | 331 | 153 | 32 | 32 | 28 | 35 | 56 | 76 | 99 | 358 | |