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Hackney 1920
Report on the sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney for the year 1920
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deaths registered as due to cirrhosis of the liver, a condition
regarded, as a rule, to be due to excessive indulgence in alcohol,
extending over lengthy periods.
TUBERCULOSIS.
During 1920, 549 primary notifications of tuberculosis were
received, details of which are given on page 40 of this Report.
Bacteriological examination of sputa from 290 cases was made by
the Council's Bacteriologist during the same period. In 52 of
these examinations the specific organism of the disease was
discovered, and in the remainder the result was negative.
The number of deaths from tuberculous disease in Hackney
during 1920, was 249, a decrease of 22 upon the deaths during
1919. These deaths are classified as follows:—
Tuberculous phthisis 176
Phthisis 14
General tuberculosis16
Tuberculous meningitis 25
Tuberculous peritonitis 4
Tabes mesenterica 1
Tubercle of other organs 13
249
This number of deaths gives an annual mortality of 1.1 per
1,000 inhabitants.
In the following table the yearly deaths from tuberculous disease in the Borough for the last 22 years are shown, grouped in periods of three years:—
| Three year periods | Annual average number of deaths from Tuberculous Disease. | Percentage decrease on the period 1898-1900. |
|---|---|---|
| Per cent. | ||
| 1898-1900 | 483 | — |
| 1901-1903 | 452 | 6.4 |
| 1904-1906 | 417 | 13.7 |
| 1907-1909 | 382 | 21.0 |
| 1910-1912 | 363 | 24.8 |
| 1913-1915 | 360 | 25.4 |
| 1916-1918 | 363 | 24.8 |
| 1919-1920 | 260 | 44.7 |