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. 31 [1930
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 648 deaths, or 309 less than in 1929. They were
equal to a death.rate of 2.0 per 1,000 of the civil population, and represented 16.5
per cent, of the total deaths registered in the Borough.
Acute Bronchitis..There were 14b deaths as compared with 146 in the
previous year, 74 occurred among males, and 74 among females. The deaths of
5 infants under 12 months were registered.
Chronic Bronchitis..HO deaths were ascribed to it, 57 being males and
23 females. This return is 107 below that for 1929.
Pneumonia (All forms)..368 deaths were registered, of which 200 were
males and 168 females, and were 68 below the year 1929. 60 infants under a year
old died from this disease, while between the ages of 1 and 5 years 38 died from
it. Above 5 years of age the deaths numbered 270.
179 deaths occurred in Public Institutions, chiefly the Islington Hospitals.
Pleurisy..There were 20 deaths registered from this disease, 5 deaths
occurred in Public Institutions.
Asthma and Emphysema..18 deaths were recorded from these
diseases, all but 2 were adults.
Other Diseases of the Respiratory System. 14 deaths were
registered, as contrasted with 126 in 1929.
VENEREAL DISEASES.
Eleven deaths were ascribed to these diseases, as compared with 22 in 1929.
Of these, 7 were males and 4 females. They were 3 below the mean deaths (14)
of the preceding ten years 1920.29.
The three groups oi ages at death were as follows :.Under I year, 2 deaths;
1.5 years, 1 death ; and over 5 years, 8 deaths.
The nearest treatment centres of these diseases are the Royal Northern
Hospital, Holloway Road, N., and the Royal Free Hospital, Gray's Inn Road,
W.C.I.
A complete list is exhibited in the public conveniences under the control of
the Council.
Information and leaflets are distributed on application by letter or otherwise
by the Medical Officer of Health, and if desired, he personally advises applicants as
to what they should do to secure the necessary confidential treatment. Applicants
of both sexes have taken advantage of these facilities for information.
Mr. George Jewsbury, 39, Kelvin Road, N.5, the Secretary of the local
branch of the British Social Hygiene Council, has supplied me with the following
list of activities during the year.
1. Lectures, with films, were delivered in April and May at the Central Library
Hall, Holloway Road. The subject was " The Tragedy of Ignorance."
The lectures were well attended.