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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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41 [1935
| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | The Year. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | Males 1 _I | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | Males J | Females | Total | |
| Respiratory Tuberculosis | 76 | 57 | 133 | 67 | 64 | 131 | 53 | 48 | 101 | 39 | 50 | 89 | 235 | 219 | 454 |
| Tubercular Meningitis | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Tabes Mesenterica | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| General Tuberculosis | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 16 | 11 | 27 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 39 | 44 | 83 |
| Totais | 94 | 69 | 163 | 72 | 73 | 145 | 62 | 63 | 125 | 49 | 60 | 109 | 277 | 265 | 542 |
Disinfection of Houses and Rooms after Tuberculosis.—The
following statement gives the particulars for the year :—
Houses. Rooms.
1st quarter 77 97
2nd „ 79 94
3rd „ 70 92
4th 59 72
Total 285 355
PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1930.
| Age-periods | Notifications on Form A. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Primary Notifications. | Total Notifications on Form A. | ||||||||||||
| 0 to 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 65 to 65 | 65 and up. | Total Primary Notifications. | ||
| Pulmonary Males | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 26 | 68 | 33 | 37 | 27 | 11 | 235 | 358 |
| „ Females | — | 1 | 11 | 4 | 20 | 54 | 67 | 28 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 219 | 335 |
| Non-pulmonary Males | — | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 | 42 | 56 |
| „ „ Females | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1O | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 46 | 80 | |
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Nor-Pulmonarv. | Pulmonary. | Non Pulmonary | |||||
| M. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| Under 1 year | 1 | _ | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 1-5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | — | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 5-10 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 8 | — | — | _ | _ |
| 10-15 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| 15 20 | 19 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | _ | 1 |
| 20-25 | 36 | 62 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 1 |
| 25-35 | 82 | 84 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 25 | 1 | 1 |
| 35-45 | 46 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 1 | — |
| 45 55 | 42 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 15 | _ | — |
| 55-65 | 34 | 10 | — | 1 | 18 | 9 | _ | 1 |
| 65 and upward? | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 289 | 266 | 67 | 58 | 113 | 89 | 11 | 10 |
| 58 Deaths not notified or 25 0 per cent, of Total Deaths. | ||||||||