[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of] page 32

Islington 1925

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

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1925] 32
Acute Encephalitis Lethargica and Acute Polio-Encephalitis.
These diseases became notifiable under an Order of the Local Government
Board on the 1st January, 1919, and during the year 17 cases of Acute Encephalitis
Lethargica were notified, C of which proved fatal. No case of Acute PolioEncephalitis
was known in the Borough.
Ophthalmia Neonatorium. Purulent Disease of the Eyes of Newly-born Children.
See p. 12.
Tuberculosis.
During the year 885 cases of Tuberculosis in its different forms were notified.
The attack-rate was equal to 2.01 per 1,000 of the civil population. This number
shows an increase of 219 on the return of the previous year (666), and of 0.67 per
1,000 on the attack-rate (1.94). It was also 213 above the number in 1923.
Respiratory (Pulmonary) Tuberculosis.—696 notifications were
received, of which 396 referred to males and 300 to females, and represented an
attack-rate of 2.05 per 1,000. The return was an increase of 156 on that of
1924, and 154 on 1923.

Table: Showing theNotified Cases of Tuberculosisin theWardsduring1925.

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Showing theNotified Cases of Tuberculosisin theWardsduring1925.

Registration Sub-Districts.	Wards.	Respiratory Tuberculosis.			Other Forms of Tuberculosis.			Grand Totals	Tuberculosis Rate per 1,000 of Population.
Registration Sub-Districts.	Wards.	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Grand Totals	Tuberculosis Rate per 1,000 of Population.
Tufnell	Tufnell	30	25	55	6	6	12	67	1.95
Up. Holloway	Up. Holloway	51	33	84	7	6	13	97	3.01
Tollington	Tollington	22	32	54	3	13	16	70	2.23
Lr. Holloway	Lr. Holloway	41	41	82	8	10	18	100	2.37
Highbury	Highbury	32	20	52	7	6	13	65	2.00
Highbury	Mildmay	25	18	43	5	11	16	59	2.02
Barnsbury	Thornhill	35	42	77	16	12	28	105	3.42
Barnsbury	Barnsbury	37	19	56	7	5	12	68	2.69
Islington, S.E.	St. Mary's	21	26	47	6	5	11	58	3.13
	Canonbury	57	14	71	11	6	17	88	2.69
	St. Peter's	45	30	75	16	17	33	108	3.57
	Totals	396	300	696	92	97	189	885	2.61
Showing theNotified Cases of Tuberculosisin theWardsduring1925.
Registration Sub-Districts.	Wards.	Respiratory Tuberculosis.			Other Forms of Tuberculosis.			Grand Totals	Tuberculosis Rate per 1,000 of Population.
Registration Sub-Districts.	Wards.	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Grand Totals	Tuberculosis Rate per 1,000 of Population.
Tufnell	Tufnell	30	25	55	6	6	12	67	1.95
Up. Holloway	Up. Holloway	51	33	84	7	6	13	97	3.01
Tollington	Tollington	22	32	54	3	13	16	70	2.23
Lr. Holloway	Lr. Holloway	41	41	82	8	10	18	100	2.37
Highbury	Highbury	32	20	52	7	6	13	65	2.00
Highbury	Mildmay	25	18	43	5	11	16	59	2.02
Barnsbury	Thornhill	35	42	77	16	12	28	105	3.42
Barnsbury	Barnsbury	37	19	56	7	5	12	68	2.69
Islington, S.E.	St. Mary's	21	26	47	6	5	11	58	3.13
	Canonbury	57	14	71	11	6	17	88	2.69
	St. Peter's	45	30	75	16	17	33	108	3.57
	Totals	396	300	696	92	97	189	885	2.61

Table: The actual number of cases of Respiratory Tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health in each year since 1915, has been as follows :

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The actual number of cases of Respiratory Tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health in each year since 1915, has been as follows :

Year.	Cases.	Year.	Cases.
1915	780	1920	663
1916	672	1921	652
1917	897	1922	570
1918	1,006	1923	542
1919	759	1924	540
		Average, 10 years	721 = 2.3 per 1,000 inhabitants.
1925	696 cases = 2.05 per 1,000 inhabitants.

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Table: Showing theNotified Cases of Tuberculosisin theWardsduring1925.

Table: The actual number of cases of Respiratory Tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health in each year since 1915, has been as follows :