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Islington 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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[1923
| Registration Sub-Districts. | Wards. | Pulmonary Phthisis. | Other Forms of Tuberculosis. | Grand Totals | tuberculosis Rate per 1,000 of Population. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | |||||
| Tufnell | Tufnell | 25 | 17 | 42 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 54 | 1.58 | |
| Up. Holloway | Up. Holloway | 28 | 24 | 52 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 70 | 2.10 | |
| Tolling ton | Tollington | 29 | 21 | 50 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 59 | 1.89 | |
| Lr. Holloway | Lr. Holloway | 24 | 25 | 49 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 62 | 1.49 | |
| Highbury | Highbury | 26 | 28 | 54 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 64 | 1.95 | |
| Mildmay | 20 | 23 | 43 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 54 | 1.92 | ||
| Barnsbury | Thornhill | 19 | 31 | 50 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 68 | 2.20 | |
| Barnsbury | 25 | 19 | 44 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 49 | 2.01 | ||
| Islington, S.F. | St. Mary's | 18 | 21 | 39 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 48 | 2.64 | |
| Canonbury | 30 | 20 | 50 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 61 | 1.91 | ||
| St. Peter's Totals | 38 | 31 | 69 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 83 | 2.74 | ||
| 282 | 20 | 542 | 69 | 61 | 130 | 672 | 2.00 | |||
The actual number of cases of Respiratory Tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of
the Medical Officer of Health in each year since 1913, has been as follows:
Year. Cases. Year. Cases.
1913 1,303 1918 1,006
1914 960 1919 759
1915 780 1920 663
1916 672 1921 652
1917 897 1922 570
Average, 10 years 826 = 2-6 per 1,000
inhabitants.
1923 ... 542 cases = 1 -6 per 1,000 inhabitants.
THE PERIOD OF LIFE AT WHICH TUBERCULOSIS ATTACKED THE PERSONS. NOTIFIED DURING 1923.
| Tubercular Diseases. | Sex. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all ages. | At Ages—Years. | |||||||||
| Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards | ||||
| Phthisis (including Tuberculosis of Larynx) | M | 282 | - | 5 | 15 | 45 | 137 | 69 | 11 | |
| F. | 260 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 70 | 114 | 48 | 8 | ||
| Tubercular Meningitis | M. | 1 | — | - | 1 | — | - | — | — | |
| F | o | - | - | _ | _ | - | - | - | ||
| Tabes Mesenterica | M. | 7 | — | 2 | 4 | - | - | 1 | — | |
| F. | 12 | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | - | — | ||
| General Tuberculosis | M. | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| F. | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | ||
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | M. | 60 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 10 | - | |
| F. | 46 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 3 | — | ||
| All Tubercular Diseases | M. | 351 | 2 | 12 | 42 | 57 | 147 | 80 | 11 | |
| F. | 321 | 2 | 9 | 36 | 85 | 130 | 51 | 8 | ||
| Totals | 672 | 4 | 21 | 78 | 142 | 277 | 131 | 19 | ||
| Percentages at each life period to total cases | _ | 0.5 | 3.1 | 11.6 | 21.1 | 41.2 | 19.5 | 3.0 | ||
From the above statement it will be seen how the disease attacked people at the
various ages, viz. :
In every hundred cases 0.5 were under 1 year of age.
„ „ 3.1 were aged 1 to 5 years.
„ „ 11.6 were aged 5 to 15 years.
Prime„ „ 21.1 were aged 15 to 25 years
of „ „ 41.2 81.8 were aged 25 to 45 years
Life ,, ,, 19.5 were aged 45 to 65 years
„ „ 3.0 were aged 65 and upwards.