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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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New Cases and Mortality during 1953
| Ages | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0— | 1 | 2 | —. | — | _ | — | — | |
| 1— | 7 | 13 | 1 | 2 | _ | 1 | — | 2 |
| 5— | 14 | 15 | 3 | 2 | _ | _ | — | _ |
| 15— | 49 | 56 | 7 | 3 | _ | 1 | — | _ |
| 25— | 75 | 68 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | _ | _ |
| 35— | 51 | 26 | 3 | 5 | _ | 2 | 1 | _ |
| 45— | 52 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | _ |
| 55— | 49 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 1 | _ | _ |
| 65 and upwards | 31 | 10 | — | 3 | 8 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Total for all ages | 339 | 207 | 22 | 25 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 3 |
| 593 | 47 | |||||||
Rates per 1,000 population—
| New cases—pulmonary | 2.34 |
| non-pulmonary | 0.20 |
| Deaths— pulmonary | 0.17 |
| non-pulmonary | 0.02 |
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1952
Although information in regard to the coming and going of tuberculous patients
under these Regulations is not as complete as it was under the Tuberculosis Regulations,
1930, every effort is made to confirm the correctness of the Register still
maintained in the Department. The total number of cases on the Register of the
Department, as at 31st December, 1953 was :—
Pulmonary— Males 1,351
Females 1,126
Non-Pulmonary—Males 150
Females 175
2,802
The corresponding figures for previous years are :—
| 1948 | 2,401 | |||
| 1949 | 2,490 | |||
| 1950 | 2,368 | |||
| 1951 | 2,404 | |||
| 1952 | 2,575 | |||
Chest Clinics
The Chest Clinics of the Regional Hospital Board continue to function at the
Royal Northern and Royal Chest Hospitals, with Dr. J. Wallace Craig as Physician
to the Clinics.
Cases on Chest Clinic Registers
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total | Grand Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults | Children | Adults | Children | Adults | Children | |||||||||
| Number of definite cases of tuberculosis on Chest Clinic Registers N. S. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| 638 | 600 | 64 | 41 | 45 | 59 | 6 | 10 | 683 | 659 | 70 | 51 | 1,463 | ||
| 601 | 470 | 48 | 55 | 30 | 56 | 8 | 7 | 631 | 526 | 56 | 62 | 1,275 | ||
| at 31st December, 1953 | 1239 | 1070 | 112 | 96 | 75 | 115 | 14 | 17 | 1314 | 1185 | 126 | 113 | 2,738 | |