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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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25
Tuberculosis
The number of deaths due to tuberculosis of the lungs, whilst still comparatively low
was higher than the previous year when I reported on the number of deaths being the lowest
ever recorded With new cases, however, there was a slight fall of some 78% The
distribution of cases as in former years, differs between the sexes. In adult males the new
cases, as will be seen from the table, are spread fairly evenly throughout the age groups,
In females, on the other hand, the greatest proportion of new cases is in adolescents and
young women under the age of 35, accounting for over 50% of all new cases of tuberculosis
in females at all ages.
New Cases and Mortality during 1961
| NEW CASES | DEATHS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ages | Respi ratory | Non-Respi ratory | Respi ratory | Non-Respi ratory | ||||
| M. | F | M. | F | M. | F. | M | F. | |
| O | 2 | - | - | - | - | _ | _ | |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | - | — | - | - |
| 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| 15 | 19 | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | |
| 25 | 25 | 19 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| 35 | 24 | 14 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | |
| 45 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| 55 | 22 | 7 | - | 2 | 7 | 1 | - | - |
| 65 and upwards | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| Total for all ages | 158 | 92 | 8 | 16 , | 15 | 7 | 1 | * J |
| V 274 | ||||||||
Hates per 1,000 population:
New cases: pulmonary 1.10 non-pulmonary 0.11
Deaths : pulmonary 0.10 non-pulmonary 0.004
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1952.
The total number of cases on the Register of the Department as at 31st December, 1961 was: -
| Pulmonary | Males | 1,509 | ||
| Females | 1,168 | |||
| Non-Pulmonary | Males | 131 | ||
| Females | 170 | |||
| 2,978 | ||||