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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 1914
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1914
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The distribution of the disease in the Sub-districts of the Borough is given in the following table:-
| Sub-Districts. | North. | Central. | South-West. | South-East. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Deaths from Whooping-cough. | 4 | 21 | 13 | 12 |
| Mortality-rate per 1,000 living. | .07 | .4 | .23 | .21 |
CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
Tuberculosis.—During 1914 I received 1,362 notifications of
tuberculosis, details of which are given on page 61 of this
Report. Bacteriological examination of sputa from 548 cases was
made during the same period. In 113 of these examinations the
specific organism of the disease was discovered ; in 434 the result
was negative, and in 1 doubtful.
The number of deaths from tuberculous disease in Hackney during 1914 was 367, an increase of 35 upon the deaths during 1913. These deaths are classified as follows:—
| Tuberculous phthisis | 260 |
| Phthisis | 29 |
| General tuberculosis | 26 |
| Tuberculous meningitis | 29 |
| „ peritonitis | 10 |
| Tabes mesenterica | 8 |
| Tubercle of other organs | 5 |
| 367 |
This number of deaths gives an annual mortality of 1.6 per
1,000 living.