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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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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 the
year 1922, being equal to 50.7. There is good reason to believe
that the Borough Council's Tuberculosis Scheme is doing valuable
work, although much might be done in the direction of
improving the present scheme.
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 | 44 | 56 | 70 | 68 |
| Mortality rate per 1,000 inhabitants | .77 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912.
Under these Regulations 1,138 notifications of tuberculosis
were received during the year, of which 957 were pulmonary and
181 non-pulmonary notifications.