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Islington 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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1922;
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THE PERIOD OF LIFE AT WHICH TUBERCULOSIS ATTACKED THE PERSONS. NOTIFIED DURING 1922.
| 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 up-wards | |||
| Phthisis (including Tuberculosis of Larynx) | M. | 339 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 74 | 159 | 86 | 6 |
| F. | 231 | - | 1 | 11 | 67 | 114 | 31 | 7 | |
| Tubercular Meningitis | M. | 7 | — | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| F. | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | - | - | - | — | |
| Tabes Mesenterica | M. | 15 | 1 | — | 11 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| F. | 10 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | |
| General Tuberculosis | M. | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | - | — | — |
| F. | 1 | — | — | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | M. | 54 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 4 | - |
| F. | 39 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 3 | — | |
| All Tubercular Diseases | M. | 416 | 3 | 18 | 44 | 87 | 168 | 90 | 6 |
| F. | 291 | 3 | 10 | 35 | 77 | 124 | 35 | 7 | |
| Totals | 707 | 6 | 28 | 79 | 164 | 292 | 125 | 13 | |
| Percentages at each life period to total cases | 100 | 0.9 | 3.9 | 11.2 | 23.2 | 41.3 | 17.7 | 1.8 | |
From the above statement it will be seen how the disease attacked people at the
various ages, viz.:
In every hundred cases 0.9 were under 1 year of age.
„ „ 3.9 were aged 1 to 5 years.
„ „ 11.2 were aged 5 to 15 years.
Pr me ,, „ 23.2 were aged 15 to 25 years
of „ „ 41.3 82.2 were aged 25 to 45 years
Life „ „ 17.7 were aged 45 to 65 years
„ ,, 1.8 were aged 65 and upwards.
| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | The Year. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | |
| Phthisis | 109 | 63 | 172 | 81 | 68 | 149 | 76 | 42 | 118 | 73 | 58 | 131 | 339 | 231 | 570 |
| Tubercular Meningitis | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | — | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| Tabes Mescntcrica | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 25 |
| General Tuberculosis | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 16 | 10 | 26 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 54 | 39 | 93 |
| Totals | 130 | 80 | 210 | 104 | 95 | 199 | 95 | 49 | 144 | 87 | 67 | 154 | 416 | 291 | 707 |
Disinfection of Houses and Rooms after Phthisis. The following statement gives the
particulars for the year:
Houses. Rooms.
1st quarter 67 8
22nd „ 55 77
3rd „ 55 73
4th ,, 77 96
Total 254 328