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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 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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1928] 40
Respiratory (Pulmonary) Tuberculosis.— 563 notifications were
received, of which 338 referred to males and 225 to females, and represented an
attack-rate of 1.73 per 1,000 inhabitants.
| Registration Sub-Districts. | Wards. | Respiratory Tuberculosis. | Other Forms of Tuberculosis. | Grand Totals | Tuberculosis Rate per 1,000 of Population. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | ||||
| Tufnell | Tufnell | 34 | 25 | 59 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 76 | 2.31 |
| Up. Holloway Tollington | Up. Holloway | 28 | 22 | 50 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 61 | 1.98 |
| Tollington | 27 | 11 | 38 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 52 | 1.73 | |
| Lr. Holloway | Lr. Holloway | 43 | 20 | 63 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 78 | 1.93 |
| Highbury | Highbury | 26 | 21 | 47 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 54 | 1.74 |
| Mildmay | 17 | 23 | 40 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 52 | 1.86 | |
| Bamsbury | Thornhill | 40 | 16 | 56 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 67 | 2.28 |
| Bamsbury | 36 | 18 | 54 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 60 | 2.48 | |
| Islington, S.E. | St. Mary's | 24 | 13 | 37 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 42 | 2.37 |
| Canonbury | 24 | 26 | 50 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 65 | 2.08 | |
| St. Peter's | 39 | 30 | 69 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 87 | 3.01 | |
| Totals | 338 | 225 | 563 | 57 | 74 | 131 | 694 | 2.14 | |
THE PERIOD OF LIFE AT WHICH TUBERCULOSIS ATTACKED THE PERSONS NOTIFIED DURING 1928.
| Tubercular Diseases. | Sex. | At all ages. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | 338 | 4 | 12 | 75 | 133 | 107 | 7 | |
| F. | 225 | — | 3 | 10 | 80 | 93 | 33 | 6 | |
| Tubercular Meningitis | M. | 1 | — | 1 | — | ||||
| F. | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Tabes Mesenterica | M. | 5 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| F. | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |||||
| General Tuberculosis | M. | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| F. | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | M. | 49 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 1 | ||
| F. | 63 | — | 7 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 2 | ||
| All Tubercular Diseases | M. | 395 | 16 | 34 | 82 | 143 | 112 | 8 | |
| F. | 299 | 1 | 11 | 31 | 106 | 108 | 34 | 8 | |
| Totals | 694 | 1 | 27 | 65 | 188 | 251 | 146 | 16 | |
| Percentages at each life period to total cases | 0.14 | 3.89 | 9.36 | 27.10 | 36.16 | 21.04 | 2.31 | ||
From the above statement it will be seen how the disease attacked people at
the various ages, viz.:
In every hundred eases 0.14 were under 1 year of age
„ „ 8.89 were aged 1 to 5 years.
„ „ 9.36 were aged 5 to 15 years.
Prime „ ,, 27.10 were aged 15 to 25 years
of „ ,, 36.16 were aged 25 to 45 years
Life ,, ,, 21.04 were aged 45 to 65 years
„ „ 2.31 were aged 65 and upwards.