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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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Cases on Dispensary Registers
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total | Grand Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults | Children | Adults | Children | Adults | Children | |||||||||
| Number of definite cases of tuberculosis on Dis-pensary Registers N. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| 593 | 574 | 52 | 30 | 45 | 58 | 10 | 12 | 638 | 632 | 62 | 42 | 1,374 | ||
| S. | 574 | 442 | 49 | 54 | 23 | 43 | 8 | 8 | 597 | 485 | 57 | 62 | 1,201 | |
| at 31 st December, 1952 | 1167 | 1016 | 101 | 84 | 68 | 101 | 18 | 20 | 1235 | 1117 | 119 | 104 | 2,575 | |
Tuberculosis Care Committees.
Although the responsibility for care work has passed under the National Health
Service Act, 1946, to the London County Council as the local health authority, the
Islington Tuberculosis Care Committee remains in being, working in conjunction with
the Islington Chest Clinics at the Royal Northern and Royal Chest Hospitals, and
members of the Borough Council and the Medical Officer of Health serve on the
Islington Tuberculosis Care Committee and the Divisional Care Committee for the
Co-ordination of care work in the three Boroughs of Islington, Finsbury and Holborn.
Loans of bedding or medical appliances were made to 34 patients; others have been
referred to various organisations for assistance.
I am indebted to Dr. B. E. A. Sharpe, Divisional Medical Officer, London
County Council, for the 1952 figures in connection with vaccination, diphtheria
and whooping cough inoculations, and tuberculosis dispensaries.
| Bacteriological Examinations. | |
|---|---|
| Total | |
| Swabs (Diphtheria) | 221 |
| Sputum (Tuberculosis) | 84 |
| Faeces (Typhoid) | 9 |
| Blood (Typhoid) | 7 |
| Faeces (Dysentery) | 839 |
| Faeces (Food poisoning) | 43 |
| Swabs (Streptococci) | 26 |
| Food (Food poisoning) | 3 |
| Swabs (Pertussis) | — |
| Smears (Variola) | 1 |
| Scrapings (Variola) | — |
| Total | 1,233 |
SECTION C
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA
Mention has frequently been made in previous Reports of the high proportion
of old'fashioned tenement houses which constitute the housing accommodation in
the Borough. The 1951 Census Returns (Registrar General's 1% Sample Tables)
provide valuable confirmation of this situation. The following extracts from the
Returns give similar information for the Metropolitan Boroughs of Islington, Lambeth
and Lewisham, the latter two Boroughs being included for purposes of comparison
since the respective populations in all three cases are fairly close.