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Islington 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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[1908

Table: The record of the disease since 1894 may be seen in the following return:—

The record of the disease since 1894 may be seen in the following return:—

Years.DeathsPhthisis. Death rates per 1,000 inhabitants.Proportion of Deaths from Phthisis per 100 Deaths from All Causes.Death rates from All Cause? per 1,000 inhabitants.
18945391.6310.2415.9
18955681.709.8617.2
18965301.549.0117.4
18975201.549.6416.0
18985271.569.2416.9
18995831.739.2618.7
19006021.7910.5217.0
19015451.02I0'16i5'9
1902515I.509.14I6.4
19034921.4510.16i4.3
19045331.5610.1815.3
19054381.288.8414.4
19064111.198.1414.6
19074361.268.5814.6
Corrected average5331.539.4916.1
19084321.219.23131

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Ages at death.—Phthisis is most fatal to persons who have just reached
the full stage of manhood, that is to say who are between the ages of 25 and 55, at
which period we find that 274 deaths, or 63.4 per cent, of all the deaths from
the disease, were registered. The mortality between 0.5 years represented
3.9 per cent. of all the deaths from phthisis; between 5 and 15, 3.5 per cent.;
15 to 25, 12.7 per cent.; 25.35, 22 0 per cent.; 35.45, 24.3 per cent.; 45.55,
171 per cent.; 55.65, 10.9 per cent.; 65.75, 3.9 per cent., and 75.85, 1.6 per
cent. These figures show that the greatest fatality occurs between the ages
of 35 and 45 years, which is, of course, the heyday of life. It is therefore, all
the more necessary that every effort should be made to prevent the spread of a
disease which carries off so many of the breadwinners.