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Islington 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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1937]
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Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System (Phthisis or Pulmonary Tuberculosis),
caused 203 deaths, as contrasted with the decennial average of 270, while
the death-rate was 0.69 per 1,000 of the civil population as against the decennial
rate of 0.85 per 1,000. There was a decrease of 67 on the ten years' average number
of deaths, and of 0.16 on the mean death-rate.
Tuberculosis (Respiratory System).
| Y ears. | Deaths. | Death rates per 1,000 inhabitants. | Proportion of Deaths from Tuberculosis per 100 Deaths from All Causes. | Death rates from all Causes per 1,000 inhabitants. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 0.86 | 7.03 | 12.1 |
| 1931 | 281 | 0.87 | 6.85 | 12.6 |
| 1932 | 264 | 0.81 | 6.58 | 12.4 |
| 1933 | 274 | 0.86 | 6.92 | 12.4 |
| 1934 | 253 | 0.81 | 6.80 | 11.8 |
| 1935 | 202 | 0.65 | 5.96 | 10.9 |
| 1936 | 210 | 0.68 | 5.44 | 12.4 |
| Average | ||||
| 10 years | 270 | 0.85 | 6.75 | 12.6 |
| 1937 | 203 | 0.69 | 5.32 | 12.90 |
The following return gives the deaths at each age period:—
| Age Periods. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
| 0-5 | - | - | - |
| 5-15 | - | - | — |
| 15-25 | 12 | 13 | 25 |
| 25-35 | 35 | 20 | 55 |
| 35-45 | 14 | 19 | 33 |
| 45-55 | 28 | 10 | 38 |
| 55-65 | 21 | 9 | 30 |
| 65 upwards | 16 | 6 | 22 |
| Total | 126 | 77 | 203 |
Sub-Districts
| Quarters. | Tufnell. | Upper Holloway. | Tollington. | Lower Holloway. | Highbury. | Barnsbury. | Islington, South East. | The Borough |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | 6 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 63 |
| Second | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 49 |
| Third | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 37 |
| Fourth | 7 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 54 |
| The year | 22 | 27 | 17 | 21 | 32 | 40 | 44 | 203 |
| 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 | - | - | 203 | 126 | 77 | 22 | 27 | 17 | 21 | 32 | 40 | 44 | 203 |
| Meningeal | - | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| Abdominal | - | - | 1 | _ | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | -_ | 1 |
| General | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| Other forms | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 1 | — | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | 2 | 11 |
| All Tuberculosis | 2 | 7 | 219 | 136 | 92 | 25 | 29 | 20 | 25 | 34 | 41 | 54 | 228 |