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Islington 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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97 [1938
Chicken-pox, Rubella ("German" Measles), and Mumps.—In these
diseases where either owing to the home conditions or the severity of the disease
there is need for hospital treatment, cases have had hospital treatment afforded them
on the recommendation of the Medical Officer of Health.
TUBERCULOSIS.
521 cases of Tuberculosis in its different forms were notified during the year.
The attack-rate was equal to 1.78 per 1,000 of the civil population. This number
was a decrease of 53 on the return of the previous year, and of 0.16 per 1,000
on the attack-rate.
Respiratory (Pulmonary) Tuberculosis.—457 notifications were received,
of which 263 referred to males and 194 to females, and represented an attack-rate
of 1.56 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 | 32 | 26 | 58 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 67 | 2.26 | |
| Up. Holloway | Up. Holloway | 22 | 22 | 44 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 51 | 1.83 | |
| Tollington | Tollington | 18 | 22 | 40 | 4 | — | 4 | 44 | 1.62 | |
| Lr. Holloway | Lr. Holloway | 37 | 21 | 58 | 4 | — | 4 | 62 | 1.71 | |
| Highbury | Highbury | 25 | 19 | 44 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 54 | 1.93 | |
| Mildmay | 28 | 18 | 46 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 51 | 2.02 | ||
| Barnsbury | Thornhill | 21 | 14 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 1.47 | |
| Barnsbury | 24 | 9 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 1.61 | ||
| Islington, S.E. | St. Mary's | 18 | 12 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 37 | 2.32 | |
| Canonbury | 12 | 18 | 30 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 1.31 | ||
| St. Peter's | . 26 | 13 | 39 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 44 | 1.69 | ||
| Totals | 263 | 194 | 457 | 37 | 27 | 64 | 521 | 1.78 | ||
THE PERIOD OF LIFE AT WHICH TUBERCULOSIS ATTACKED THE PERSONS NOTIFIED DURING 1938.
| 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. | 263 | - | 5 | 15 | 53 | 118 | 59 | 13 |
| F. | 194 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 75 | 67 | 20 | 9 | |
| Tubercular Meningitis | M. | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | - | — | — |
| F. | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Tabes Mesenterica | M. | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | - |
| F. | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| General Tuberculosis | M. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| F. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | M. | 35 | — | 1 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| F. | 24 | — | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 1 | — | |
| All Tubercular Diseases | M. | 300 | - | 6 | 32 | 59 | 128 | 61 | 14 |
| F. | 221 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 82 | 79 | 21 | 9 | |
| Totals | 521 | 3 | 17 | 48 | 141 | 207 | 82 | 23 | |
| Percentages at each life period to total cases | 0.57 | 3.26 | 9.21 | 27.06 | 39.73 | 15.74 | 4.41 | ||