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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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New Cases and Mortality during 1957
| Ages | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0— | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1— | 8 | 11 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5— | 3 | 5 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| 15— | 43 | 31 | 6 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| 25— | 49 | 51 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — |
| 35— | 40 | 24 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| 45— | 39 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | — |
| 55— | 44 | 12 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
| 65 and upwards | 34 | 8 | — | 2 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Total for all ages | 261 | 159 | 15 | 23 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| 458 | 31 | |||||||
Rates per 1,000 population—
| New cases- | pulmonary | 1.84 |
| non-pulmonary — | 0.17 | |
| Deaths— | pulmonary | 0.12 |
| non-pulmonary | 0.013 |
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, 1957, was:—
Pulmonary— Males 1,551
Females 1,240
Non-Pulmonary—Males 145
Females 172
3,108
The corresponding figures for previous years are:—
| 1949 | 2,490 |
| 1950 | 2,368 |
| 1951 | 2,404 |
| 1952 | 2,575 |
| 1953 | 2,802 |
| 1954 | 2,922 |
| 1955 | 2,945 |
| 1956 | 3,048 |
Islington Chest Clinic, Whittington Hospital Cases on Chest Clinic Registers
| Number of definite cases of tuberculosis on Chest Clinic Register as at 31st December, 1957 | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults | Children | Adults | Children | Adults | Children | ||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F | ||
| 1405 | 1074 | 97 | 78 | 54 | 91 | 7 | 12 | 1459 | 1165 | 104 | 90 | ||
| Grand Total | 2,818 | ||||||||||||