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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 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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The following table shows the age and sex distribution of 89 new cases of tuberculosis which came to notice during the year otherwise than by notification under the Regulations :—
| Age Periods. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0-1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| 1-5 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 |
| 5-10 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10-15 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| 15-20 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 20-25 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| 25-35 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 3 |
| 35-45 | 9 | 1 | .. | 1 |
| 45-55 | 5 | .. | 3 | .. |
| 55-65 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. |
| 65 and upwards | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. |
| Totals | 36 | 27 | 13 | 13 |
The sources from which information of these cases was obtained were as follow:—
| Source of Information. | No. of Cases. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | ||
| Death Returns | From local Registrars | 7 | 4 |
| From Registrar-General | 5 | 5 | |
| Posthumous Notifications | 4 | 5 | |
| "Transfers" from other areas (other than transferable deaths) | 38 | 11 | |
| Forms I and II (in respect of cases not previously known to the M.O.H.) | 9 | 1 | |
| Other Sources | .. | .. | |
The total number of cases of both forms of the disease which
came to notice during the year in the Borough, the Wards and the
Registration Sub-districts, together with the attack-rates per 1,000
persons living, is shown in the following table:—