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Islington 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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[1929
THE PERIOD OF LIFE AT WHICH TUBERCULOSIS ATTACKED THE PERSONS NOTIFIED DURING 1929.
| Tubercular Diseases. | Sex. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | |||||||
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| At all ages. | At Ages—-Years. | ||||||||
| Under 1 | X to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and up. | |||
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From the above statement it will be seen how the disease attacked people at the various ages, viz. :
| In every hundred cases | 0.32 | were under 1 year of age. | |
| „ „ | 2.76 | were aged 1 to 5 years. | |
| „ „ | 9.42 | were aged 5 to 15 years. | |
| Primeof Life | „ „ | 27.11 | were aged 15 to 25 years. |
| „ „ | 37.83 | were aged 25 to 45 years. | |
| „ „ | 19.64 | were aged 45 to 65 years. | |
| „ „ | 2.92 | were aged 65 and upwards. | |
PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1925.
These Regulations provide that no person suffering from respiratory tuberculosis
who is in an infective condition shall be engaged in any form of dairy work
involving the milking of cows, the treatment of milk, or the handling of
containers.
No case has come to the notice of the Medical Officer of Health during the
year which calls for action. The last case reported on was in the year 1927, page
39 of the Medical Officer of Health's Annual Report.
ISLINGTON INTERIM TUBERCULOSIS CARE COMMITTEE.
This Committee has not been taken over by the Borough Council, and the
clerical work, etc., is done through the London County Council. To this Committee
the department refers applications, which are occasionally received, regarding
extra nourishment—milk, butter and eggs. It may be remembered that when
the question of supplying this food was before the Public Health Committee, the
amount allowed (expenses are limited to £2 per 1,000 of the population) was
thought at that time to be inadequate, and if it were kept within bounds, it would