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Islington 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington]
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41 [1934
The Islington Voluntary Welfare Centres dealt with cases coming under their
supervision; some are treated at Centres, others are sent to hospitals. The
Borough Council's and Centres' Health Visitors are instructed to visit such cases
and see that the prescribed treatment is being followed.
Discharging ears after Scarlet Fever, coming to the knowledge of the Medical
Officer of Health—5 cases, after Diphtheria—3 cases. In addition, 32 from other
causes were visited by the Health Visitors and the Centres, and 2 of these latter
died (one with complication of cerebral abscess following mastoid abscess and one
with complication of otitis media).
tuberculosis.
534 cases of Tuberculosis in its different forms were notified during" the year.
The attack-rate was equal to 1.70 per 1,000 of the civil population. This number
was a decrease of 31 on the return of the previous year, and of 0.07 per 1,000 on
the attack-rate.
| Registration Sub-Districts. | Wards. | Respiratory Tuberculosis. | Other Forms of Tuberculosis. | Grand Totals | T uber- culosis Rate per 1,000 of Population. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malees | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | ||||
| Tufnell | Tufnell | 23 | 17 | 40 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 50 | 1.57 |
| Up. Holloway | Up. Holloway | 22 | 19 | 41 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 48 | 1.61 |
| Tollington | Tollington | 18 | 17 | 35 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 43 | 1.48 |
| It. Holloway | Lr. Holloway | 23 | 19 | 42 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 52 | 1.33 |
| Highbury | Highbury | 17 | 14 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 1.16 |
| Mildmay | 22 | 14 | 36 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 46 | 1.70 | |
| Barnsbury | Thornhill | 27 | 15 | 42 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 51 | 1.79 |
| Barnsbury | 26 | 24 | 50 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 55 | 2.35 | |
| Islington. S.E. | St. Mary's | 20 | 16 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 42 | 2.45 |
| Canonbury | 32 | 20 | 52 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 57 | 1.88 | |
| St. Peter's | 36 | 14 | 50 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 55 | 1.96 | |
| Totals | 266 | 189 | 455 | 34 | 45 | 79 | 531 | 1-70 | |
THE PERIOD OF LIFE AT WHICH TUBERCULOSIS ATTACKED THE PERSONS NOTIFIED DURING 1934.
| 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. | ||||
| Respiratory Tuberculosis | M. | 266 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 58 | 116 | 71 | 7 | |
| F. | 189 | — | 2 | 12 | 65 | 74 | 30 | 6 | ||
| Tubercular Meningitis | M. | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | — | |
| F. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Tabes Mesenterica | M. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| F. | 1 | - | — | - | 1 | — | - | — | ||
| General Tuberculosis | M. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| F. | _ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | M. | 33 | - | 7 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | - | |
| F. | 44 | — | 6 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 2 | ||
| All Tubercular Diseases | M | 300 | 1 | 13 | 16 | 68 | 122 | 73 | 7 | |
| F. | 234 | - | 8 | 21 | 75 | 88 | 34 | 8 | ||
| Totals | 534 | 1 | 21 | 37 | 143 | 210 | 107 | 15 | ||
| Percentages at each life period to total cases | 0.18 | 3.93 | 6.93 | 26.78 | 39.33 | 20.04 | 2.81 | |||