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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 1922

Report on the sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney for the year 1922

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Table: DISPENSARY DEATHS. Condition of Patient on First Attendance.Pulmonary Tuberculosis

DISPENSARY DEATHS. Condition of Patient on First Attendance.Pulmonary Tuberculosis

lit Stage.2nd Stage.3rd Stage.
Number94757
Percentage7.96%41.60%50.44%

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Duration of illness before attending Dispensary
Under 1 month 3
1 to 3 months 10
3 to 6 months 16
6 to 9 months 6
9 to 12 months 4
Over 12 months 56
Period indefinite 18

Table: ALL DEATHS FROM TUBERCULOSIS. Interval elapsing between Notification and Death.

ALL DEATHS FROM TUBERCULOSIS. Interval elapsing between Notification and Death.

1920.1921.1922.
Pul.Non-pulPul.Non-pulPul.Non-pul.
1. Number of Deaths from Tuberculosis190592135120236
2. Number of cases only notified at death6161010114
3. Do. notified within a month of death17117...201
4. Do. do. 3 months of death14423...251
5. Do. do. 6 months of death231271241
6. Number of deaths not notified under Tuberculosis Regulations71123252420

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It has been stated that too little attention is paid to the
examination of contacts, but every endeavour has been made
during the past year to examine the contacts to every notified
case.