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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Hackney 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: Primary Notifications and Deaths during the years1920.1929.

Primary Notifications and Deaths during the years1920.1929.

Year.Primary Notifications.Deaths.Death Rate.
Pul.Non.pul.Total.Pul.Non.pul.Total.
19204101395491905924911
1921361105466213512641.17
192231985404202362381.05
19233878947621640256113
1924334115449207472541.12
192535610946519133224.98
19263308841818021201.88
19273368041618123204.90
19282938037316024184.84
19292847936320533238111

Table: In the following table the yearly deaths from tuberculous diseases in the Borough for the last 32 years are shown, grouped in periods of three years:—

In the following table the yearly deaths from tuberculous diseases in the Borough for the last 32 years are shown, grouped in periods of three years:—

Three year periods.1 Annual average number of deaths from Tuberculous Disease.Percentage decrease on the period 1898-1900.
Per cent.
1898-1900483—
1901-19034526.4
1904-190641713.7
1907-190938221.0
1910-191236324.8
1913-191536025.4
1916-191836324.8
1919-192126145.9
1922-192424948.2
1925-192720956.7
1928-192921156.3

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There were twenty.three instances where a notification was not
received, and in these cases the diagnosis was made after death. In
accordance with circular letter 549 of the Ministry of Health, dated
22nd December, 1924, the attention of the medical attendant in most
of the cases was called to their neglect to notify. In every case the
explanation was satisfactory.
It will be seen from the preceding table that the average annual
number of deaths from tuberculosis has progressively decreased during
the period in question, the decline from the period 1898.1900 to
the year 1929 being equal to 56.3 per cent. There is good reason to
believe that the Borough Council's Tuberculosis Scheme is doing valuable
work, although much might be done in the direction of improving
the present scheme.