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Islington 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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[1917
THE PERIODS OF LIFE AT WHICH TUBERCULOSIS ATTACKED THE PERSONS NOTIFIED DURING 1917
| 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 (in-cluding Tuberculosis of Larynx. | M. | 568 | — | 4 | 22 | 89 | 321 | 122 | 10 |
| F. | 329 | — | 3 | 25 | 76 | 153 | 63 | 9 | |
| Tubercular Meningitis | M. | 6 | — | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | — | — |
| F. | 12 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Tabes Mesenterica . | M. | 9 | — | 3 | 5 | — | — | 1 | — |
| F. | 12 | 1 | 8 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | |
| General Tuberculosis | M. | 5 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| F. | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | M. | 58 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| F. | 55 | — | 4 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 2 | |
| All Tubercular Diseases | M. | 646 | 3 | 16 | 57 | 103 | 331 | 125 | 11 |
| F. | 409 | 3 | 20 | 52 | 92 | 166 | 65 | 11 | |
| Totals | 1055 | 6 | 36 | 109 | 195 | 497 | 190 | 22 | |
| Percentages at each life period to total cases | 100 | 0.6 | 3.4 | 10.3 | 18.5 | 47.1 | 18.0 | 2.1 | |
Disinfection of Houses and Rooms after Phthisis. The following are
the particulars for the year:—
Houses.
Rooms.
1st quarter
99
122
2nd „
82
116
3rd „
80
111
4th „
67
90
Total
328
439