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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 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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The general sanitary measures, which have been adopted in
the Borough during past years, are showing their effects upon the
prevalence of this disease in the borough, in a gradual but marked
decline in its mortality. This may be seen from the following
table:—
| Periods. | Average Quinquennial Population. | Average Annual Number of Deaths. | Average Annual Mortality per 1,000 living. |
|---|---|---|---|
Encouraging as these results are, we may with confidence
anticipate in the future a more substantial and continuous decline in
the mortality from this disease, especially when the Borough is
provided with a Tuberculosis Dispensary, and adequate means
are at hand for dealing thoroughly with contacts and the home
conditions of tuberculous patients.
In my Annual Report for 1911, I stated that there were in the
Borough 489 factories, 1,157 workshops and 3,071 out-workers.
At the end of 1912 these figures had changed to 507 factories, 1,221
workshops and 2,559 out-workers. On page 81 of this report
I give a classified list of the industries carried on in the factories
and workshops in the Borough.
I have pleasure in stating that the officers of the department
have on the whole carried out the duties entrusted to them to my
entire satisfaction.
In a memorandum as to Annual Reports of Medical Officers
of Health, issued by the Chief Medical Officer of the Local Government
Board at the end of 1910, the attention of Medical Officers