Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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Ages
Ages- | Under 5 years. | 5 to 15 years. | 15 to 25 years. | 25 to 35 years. | 35 to 45 years. | 45 years and upwards. | Totals. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males | — | 8 | 11 | 19 | 25 | 59 | 122 |
Females | 1 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 47 | 98 |
Totals | 1 | 17 | 26 | 32 | 38 | 106 | 220 |
Further, 22 of the above cases were notified from the workhouse,
6 from the casual ward and 9 from the City of London
Workhouse, Clifden Road.
Of the cases notified, 89 died during the year, 79 in the
infirmary and 10 at their homes.
(b). Public Health (Tuberculosis in Hospitals) Regulations, 1911.
Under these regulations 422 notifications were received by me
during the past year. Of this total 184 were duplicates of cases
previously notified—51 during 1911 and 43 during 1912 under
these regulations, 15 under the Poor Law Regulations, and 75 cases
had been notified previously under the regulations of 1912. The
remaining 2-38 primary cases had their age and sex distributed as
follows:—
Ages- | Under 5 years. | 5 to 15 years. | 15 to 25 years. | 25 to 35 years. | 35 to 45 years. | 45 years and upwards. | Totals. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males | 2 | 12 | 22 | 40 | 30 | 27 | 133 |
Females | — | 5 | 31 | 46 | 13 | 10 | 105 |
Totals | 2 | 17 | 53 | 86 | 43 | 37 | 238 |
Further, 42 of these cases died during the year, 12 in hospitals
and 17 at private addresses and 13 in the Hackney Infirmary.
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