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Islington 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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1935] 38
by the Health Visitors and the Centres, and 5 of these latter died (one with
septicaemia complicated with otitis media ; one under operation for acute or chronic
mastoiditis; one certified as acute diarrhoea and otitis media ; one certified as
gastro enteritis and suppurative otitis media; and one as acute otitis media (Coroner,
without inquest)).
TUBERCULOSIS.
542 cases of Tuberculosis in its different forms were notified during the year.
The attack-rate was equal to 1.76 per 1,000 of the civil population. This number
was an increase of 8 on the return of the previous year, and of 0.06 per 1,000 on
the attack-rate.
Respiratory (Pulmonary) Tuberculosis.—454 notifications were
received, of which 235 referred to males and 219 to females, and represented an
attack-rate of 1.47 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 | 20 | 18 | 38 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 52 | 1-77 |
| Up. Holloway | Up. Holloway | 25 | 22 | 47 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 56 | 1-91 |
| Tollington | Tollington | 28 | 21 | 49 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 57 | 2-00 |
| Lr. Holloway | Lr. Holloway | 28 | 31 | 59 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 74 | 1-93 |
| Highbury | Highbury | 26 | 21 | 47 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 56 | 1-90 |
| Mildmay | 14 | 25 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 43 | 1-62 | |
| Barnsbury | Thornhill | 14 | 15 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 37 | 1 33 |
| Barnsbury | 13 | 14 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 1-35 | |
| Islington, S.E. | St. Mary's | 18 | 9 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 1-90 |
| Canonbury | 24 | 19 | 43 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 50 | 1.68 | |
| St. Peter's | 25 | 24 | 49 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 54 | 1-97 | |
| Totals | 235 | 219 | 454 | 42 | 46 | 88 | 642 | 1-76 | |
THE PERIOD OF LIFE AT WHICH TUBERCULOSIS ATTACKED THE PERSONS NOTIFIED DURING 1935.
| Tubercular Diseases. | Sex. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all ages. | 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. | 235 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 45 | 101 | 64 | 11 |
| F. | 219 | _ | 1 | 15 | 74 | 95 | 25 | 9 | |
| Tubercular Meningitis < | M. | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| F. | 1 | — | — | _ | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Tabes Mesenterica < | M. | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| F. | 1 | — | 1 | ||||||
| General Tuberculosis < | M. | ||||||||
| F. | __ | ||||||||
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | M. | 39 | _ | 4 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| F. | 44 | — | 3 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 2 | — | |
| All Tubercular Diseases <^ | M. | 277 | 1 | 8 | 25 | 57 | 108 | 66 | 12 |
| F. | 265 | — | 5 | 28 | 88 | 108 | 27 | 9 | |
| Totals | 542 | 1 | 13 | 53 | 145 | 216 | 93 | 21 | |
| Percentages at each life period to total cases | 0-19 | 2-40 | 9'78 | 26-75 | 3985 | 17-16 | 3-87 | ||