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Islington 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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1936]
TUBERCULOSIS.
530 cases of Tuberculosis in its different forms were notified during the year.
The attack-rate was equal to 1.74 per 1,000 of the civil population. This number
was a decrease of 12 on the return of the previous year, and of 0.02 per 1,000 on
the attack-rate.
Respiratory (Pulmonary) Tuberculosis.—439 notifications were
received, of which 241 referred to males and 198 to females, and represented an
attack-rate of 1.42 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 | 24 | 17 | 41 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 56 | 1.79 |
| Up. Holloway Tollington | Up. Holloway | 34 | 18 | 52 | - | 11 | 11 | 63 | 2.14 |
| Tollington | 26 | 27 | 53 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 62 | 2.16 | |
| Lr. Holloway Highbury | Lr. Holloway | 27 | 21 | 48 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 55 | 1.43 |
| Highbury | 22 | 12 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 41 | 1.38 | |
| Barnsbury | Mildmay | 22 | 19 | 41 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 51 | 1.91 |
| ThornhUl | 21 | 18 | 39 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 48 | 1.71 | |
| Barnsbury | 18 | 11 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 1.48 | |
| St. Mary's | 7 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 1.01 | |
| Islington, S.E. | Canonbury | 16 | 22 | 38 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 45 | 1.51 |
| St. Peter's | 24 | 25 | 49 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 58 | 2.10 | |
| Totals | 241 | 198 | 439 | 33 | 58 | 91 | 530 | 1.71 | |
THE PERIOD OF LIFE AT WHICH TUBERCULOSIS ATTACKED THE PERSONS NOTIFIED DURING 1936.
| Tubercular Diseases. | Sex. | At all ages. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | 241 | - | 3 | 11 | 50 | 93 | 77 | 7 |
| F. | 198 | - | 2 | 13 | 73 | 85 | 19 | 6 | |
| Tubercular Meningitis | M. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| F. | 4 | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Tabes Mesenterica | M. | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | — | — |
| F. | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | — | — | — | |
| General Tuberculosis | M. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F. | _ | _ | _ | _ | __ | _ | _ | _ | |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | M. | 32 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| F. | 53 | - | 12 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 2 | ||
| All Tubercular Diseases | M. | 274 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 56 | 98 | 83 | 8 |
| F. | 256 | — | 12 | 26 | 87 | 97 | 26 | 8 | |
| Totals | 530 | 1 | 18 | 48 | 143 | 195 | 109 | 16 | |
| Percentages at each life period to total cases | 0.19 | 339 | 9.06 | 26.98 | 36.79 | 20.57 | 3.02 | ||