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Islington 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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13 1938
Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System (Phthisis or Pulmonary Tuberculosis),
caused 210 deaths, as contrasted with the decennial average of 259, while
the death-rate was 0 72 per 1,000 of the civil population as against the decennial
rate of 0.83 per 1,000. There was a decrease of 49 on the ten years' average number
of deaths, and of 0.11 on the mean death-rate.
There was a decrease of 49 on the tem years' average number of deaths, and of 0.11 on the mean death-rate.
| Tuberculosis (Respiratory System). | Proportion of Deaths from Tuberculosis per 100 Deaths from All Causes. | Death rates from all Causes per 1,000 inhabitants. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Years. | Deaths. | Death rates per 1,000 inhabitants. | ||
| 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 |
| 1937 | 203 | 0.69 | 532 | 129 |
| Average 10 years | 259 | 0.83 | 6.52 | 12.67 |
| 1938 | 210 | 0.72 | 6.04 | 11.90 |
The following return gives the deaths at each age period:—
| Age Periods. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-5 | 2 | _ | 2 |
| 5-15 | _ | 2 | 2 |
| 15-25 | 15 | 20 | 35 |
| 25-35 | 23 | 20 | 43 |
| 35-45 | 29 | 10 | 39 |
| 45-55 | 28 | 7 | 35 |
| 55-65 | 30 | 5 | 35 |
| 65 upwards | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| Total | 138 | 72 | 210 |
| Quarters. | Tufnell. | Upper Hollo-way. | Tolling-ton. | Lower Hollo-way. | Highbury. | Barns-bury. | Islington, South East. | The Borough. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | 7 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 59 |
| Second | 6 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 56 |
| Third | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 37 |
| Fourth | 7 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 58 |
| The year | 24 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 34 | 28 | 53 | 210 |
| 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 | _ | 2 | 208 | 138 | 72 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 34 | 28 | 53 | 210 |
| Meningeal | 1 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 5 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| Abdominal | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| General Other forms | 1 1 | 2 | 1 7 | 6 | 2 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 1 | — | 1 3 | 4 | 2 10 |
| All Tuberculosis | 3 | 10 | 224 | 153 | 84 | 25 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 35 | 36 | 64 | 237 |