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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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It will be seen from this 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 1920,
being equal to 44.7. There is good reason to believe that the
Borough Council's Tuberculosis Scheme is doing valuable work.
The deaths are distributed in the sub-districts of the Borough as shown below:—
| Sub-districts. | North. | Central. | South-West. | South-East. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of deaths from Tuberculous Disease | 40 | 56 | 79 | 74 |
| Mortality rate per 1,000 inhabitants | .72 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1912.
Under these Regulations 948 notifications of tuberculosis were
received during the year, of which 766 were pulmonary and 182
non-pulmonary notifications.