London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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: 2.— The Sources of the New Cases.

2.— The Sources of the New Cases.

Total.Tuberculous.
Medical Officer of Health10255
Local PractitionersPrimary 9810714350
Contact 97
London War Pensions Committee3111
Contact cases3546
London County Council159
Victoria Park Hospital1919
Other sources125

Table: 3.— The Diagnosis of the New Cases.

3.— The Diagnosis of the New Cases.

Diagnosis.Insured.Uninsured.Total.
Males.Females.Children under 16.Males.Females.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis472611630120
Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis33174835
Non-tuberculous66522392085462
Doubtful11121823
Totals1278225941131640

Table: 4.— The Diagnosis of Contact Cases.

4.— The Diagnosis of Contact Cases.

Pulmonary tuberculosis11
Non-pulmonary tuberculosis2
Non-tuberculous344
Doubtful6
Total363