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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 1920
Report on the sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney for the year 1920
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The following table gives the age and sex distribution of the
notified cases:—
| Age-periods | Notifications on Form A. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Primary Notifications. | Total Notifications on Form A. | ||||||||||||
| 0 to 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 and upwards. | Total Primary Notifications. | ||
| Pulmonary Males | 1 | — | 10 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 57 | 46 | 35 | 18 | 5 | 222 | 258 |
| „ Females | — | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 31 | 47 | 33 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 176 | 224 |
| Non-pulmonary Males | 3 | 13 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 78 | 83 |
| „ „ Females | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | — | 1 | 2 | 52 | 58 |
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| Age-periods | Notifications on Form B. | Number of Notifications on Form C. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Primary Notifications. | Total Notifications on Form B. | Poor Law Institutions. | Sanatoria. | ||||
| Under 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | Total Primary Notifications. | ||||
| Pulmonary Males | — | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 155 |
| „ Females | — | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 89 |
| Non-pulmonary Males | — | 3 | — | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| „ „ Females | — | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 14 |