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1907] 96

Table LXVII.
Showing the Deaths from Phthisis in the Sub Districts during
the Four Quarters of the Year 1907.
Quarters.
Tufnell.
Upper
Holloway.
Tollington.
Lower
Holloway.
Highbury
Barnsbury.
South-East.
Borough
1st
5
12
10
20
19
34
28
128
2nd
8
10
9
19
10
25
24
105
3rd
5
13
5
10
9
16
19
77
4th
8
13
8
22
19
30
26
126
The Year
26
48
32
71
57
105
97
436
Tabes Mesenterica, commonly called "Consumption of the Bowels,"
caused 26 deaths, representing a death rate of 0.07 per 1,000 inhabitants. Of
these deaths, 11 were those of males and 15 of females; 17 of the deceased
were under a year old, seven between 1 and 5 years, and two were over the
latter age.
Tubercular Meningitis and Hydrocephalus were the registered
cause of 74 deaths, of which 33 were among males and 41 among females.
With the exception of 19, all were of children under 5 years old.
Tuberculosis of the Larynx caused the deaths of six persons, all of
whom were over 5 years of age. Curiously enough, all were males.
General Tuberculosis or Scrofula was responsible for 50 deaths, 27
of which were of children under 5 years of age; while 27 were of males
and 23 of females. These deaths were in the proportion of 0.14 per
1,000 of the population.
Other forms of Tuberculosis caused 16 deaths, 4 of which were
of infants under 1 year old, and 12 of persons above 5 years of age.