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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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1935] 28
Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System (Phthisis or Pulmonary
Tuberculosis), caused 202 deaths, as contrasted with the decennial average
of 29(5, while the death.rate was 0.65 per 1,000 of the civil population as against
the decennial rate of 0.91 per 1,000. There was a decrease of 94 on the ten years'
average number of deaths, and of 0.26 on the mean death.rate.
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| 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. | ||
| 1925 | 382 | 113 | 918 | 123 |
| 1926 | 289 | 0.85 | 7.06 | 120 |
| 1927 | 314 | 0.94 | 7.61 | 12.3 |
| 1928 | 309 | 0.95 | 7.43 | 12.8 |
| 1929 | 314 | 0.98 | 6.59 | 14.8 |
| 1930 | 280 | 086 | 7 03 | 121 |
| 1931 | 281 | 0.87 | 6.85 | 126 |
| 1932 | 264 | 0.81 | 6.58 | 12.4 |
| 1933 | 274 | 0.86 | 6.92 | 12.4 |
| 1934 | 253 | 0.81 | 680 | 11.8 |
| Average 10 years | 296 | 0.91 | 7.21 | 12.6 |
| 1935 | 202 | 0.65 | 5.96 | 10.99 |
The following return gives the deaths at each age period :—
| Age Periods. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.5 ......... | ___ | 1 | 1 |
| 5.15 ......... | 1 | — | 1 |
| 15.25 ......... | 19 | 23 | 42 |
| 25.35 ......... | 18 | 25 | 43 |
| 35.45 ......... | 19 | 14 | 33 |
| 45.55 ......... | 28 | 15 | 43 |
| 55.65 ......... | 18 | 9 | 27 |
| 65 upwards | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| Total ...... | 113 | 89 | 202 |
| Quarters. | Tufnell. | Upper Holloway. | Tollington. | Lower Holloway. | Highbury. | Barnsbury. | Islington, South East. | The Borough |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 56 |
| Second | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 47 |
| Third | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 36 |
| Fourth | 6 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 63 |
| The Year | 18 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 30 | 43 | 47 | 202 |
| Form. | Ages. | Sex. | Districts. | Total Deaths. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-1 | 1-5 | over 5 | M. | F. | Tuf. | U.H. | Toll. | L.H. | H. | B. | S.E. | ||
| Respiratory | - | 1 | 201 | 113 | 89 | 18 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 30 | 43 | 47 | 202 |
| Meningeal | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 1 | 5 | — | 11 |
| Abdominal | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| General | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Other forms | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | 4 |
| All Tuberculosis ... | 3 | 7 | 213 | 124 | 99 | 19 | 25 | 21 | 24 | 35 | 49 | 50 | 223 |