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Hackney 1922
Report on the sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney for the year 1922
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43
TUBERCULOSIS.
During 1922, 404 primary notifications of tuberculosis were
received, details of which are given on page 45 of this Report.
Bacteriological examination of sputa from 350 cases was made
by the Council's Bacteriologist during the same period. In 59
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 1922, was 238, a decrease of 26 upon the deaths during
1921. These deaths are classified as follows:—
Pulmonary tuberculosis 202
General tuberculosis 8
Tuberculous meningitis 14
Tuberculous peritonitis 2
Tabes mesenterica 1
Tubercle of other organs 11
238
This number of deaths gives an annual mortality of 1.05 per
1,000 inhabitants.
In the following table the yearly deaths from tuberculous disease in the Borough for the last 24 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 |
| 1919-1921 | 261 | 45.9 |
| 1922 | 238 | 50.7 |