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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 1913
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1913
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Summary of Notifications during the period from 1st February to 31st December, 1913.
| Age periods. | Number of Notifications on Form A. | Number of Notifications on Form B. | Number of Notifications on Form C. | Number of Notifications on Form D. | Total Notifications received. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Notifications | Total Notifications (i. e., including cases previously notified by other doctors). | Primary Notifications. | Total Notifications (i. e., including cases previously notified by other doctors). | Law Poor Institutions. | Sanatoria. | Poor Law Institutions. | Sanatoria. | |||||||||||
| Under 5 | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 and upwards. | Total. | Under 5. | 5 to 10. | 10 to 15. | Total. | ||||||||
| Pulmonary—Males | 6 | 23 | 59 | 84 | 59 | 72 | 303 | 410 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 47 | 68 | 31 | 70 | 631 |
| „ Females ... | 6 | 18 | 53 | 73 | 46 | 56 | 252 | 326 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 49 | 15 | 45 | 470 |
| Non-pulmonary—Males | 24 | 45 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 101 | 111 | ... | 5 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 145 |
| „ Females | 17 | 28 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 95 | 108 | ... | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 135 |
| Totals | 53 | 114 | 156 | 175 | 112 | 141 | 751 | 955 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 28 | 29 | 94 | 123 | 52 | 128 | 1381 |
Of the above cases 141 died during the year, 25 in the Infirmary, 34 in Hospitals and 82 in their own homes.