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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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1937
The following summary shows the number of cases, and also the fatality of
recent years:—
| Years. | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1930 | Average (10 years). | 1937 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases (notified) | 7 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Deaths | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum. Purulent Disease of the Eyes of Newly-born Children.
See page 96.
SUPPLY OF INSULIN TO NON-INSURED PERSONS.
Under the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, Section 227, a temporary supply
of medicine, etc., for the poorer inhabitants of a district, with the sanction of the
Minister of Health, is made. Applications for such assistance for patients are made
by the Almoners of three of the largest hospitals. During the year under review
15 patients received this assistance from the Borough Council, the cost of the Insulin
supplied being £31 7s. 6d.
TUBERCULOSIS.
574 cases of Tuberculosis in its different forms were notified during the year.
The attack-rate was equal to 1.94 per 1,000 of the civil population. This number
was an increase of 44 on the return of the previous year, and of 0.20 per 1,000 on the
attack-rate.
Respiratory (Pulmonary) Tuberculosis.—490 notifications were received,
of which 270 referred to males and 220 to females, and represented an attack-rate
of 1.66 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 | 30 | 41 | 71 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 82 | 2.75 |
| Up. Holloway | Up. Holloway | 28 | 28 | 56 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 66 | 2.35 |
| Tollington | Tollington | 18 | 23 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 51 | 1.86 |
| Lr. Holloway | Lr. Holloway | 28 | 14 | 42 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 57 | 1.55 |
| Highbury | Highbury | 30 | 24 | 54 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 61 | 2.16 |
| Mildmay | 19 | 16 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 1.45 | ||
| Barnsbury | Thornhill | 30 | 18 | 48 | 3 | 4 | 52 | 1.94 | |
| Barnsbury | 19 | 13 | 32 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 1.73 | ||
| Islington,S.E. | St. Mary's | 16 | 13 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 1.98 | |
| Canonbury | 18 | 15 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 39 | 1.37 | |
| St. Peter's | 34 | 15 | 49 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 59 | 2.24 | |
| Totals | 270 | 220 | 490 | 46 | 38 | 84 | 574 | 1.94 | |