Fifty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington.

  • Islington (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
1910
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Credit: Fifty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    100 1909] Table LXVIII. Showing the Deaths from Phthisis in the Sub-Districts during the Four Quarters of the Year 1909. Quarters. Tufnell. Upper Holloway. Tollington. Lower Holloway. Highbury. Barnsbury. South-East. Borough 1st 13 18 10 8 18 22 30 119 2nd 9 13 7 10 15 13 19 86 3rd 6 15 9 11 12 14 26 93 4th 11 10 6 21 12 32 34 126 The Year 39 56 32 50 57 81 109 424 Tabes Mesenterica, a disease due to the same bacillus as phthisis, and popularly called consumption of the bowels, was the cause of 41 deaths, of which 31 occurred among children under 5 years old. They were equal to a death-rate of 1.2 per 10,000 of the inhabitants, but of 8'2 per 10,000 of the children under 5 years old. Tubercular Meningitis and Hydrocephalus were the registered cause of 72 deaths of which 18 occurred among infants under 12 months old, and 42 among children aged 1 to 5 years, making a total of 60 deaths among children under 5 years old, equal to a death-rate of 15.9 per 10,000 living at that age. These deaths represented nearly half the mortality from tubercular diseases among children who had not passed their fifth year of life. Tuberculosis of the Larynx.— Five deaths were ascribed to this ailment, 4 of which were of males and 1 of a female. It is noteworthy that in the return for 1908 there were 3 males and 1 female. All the deaths occurred among persons over 5 years old. General Tuberculosis and Scrofula. Of the 25 deaths, 21 occurred among children under 5 years old and 4 among persons over that age. Ten of the deceased were males and 15 females. The death-rate among young children under 5 years of age was equal to 5.6 per 10,000 living at that age. Other Forms of Tuberculosis. Fifteen deaths were registered from these causes, of which 4 were under 5 years old.
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