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Alcoholism.
Alcoholism.— During the year under consideration there was
one death from alcoholic poisoning; there were, however, 8
deaths registered as due to cirrhosis of the liver, a condition
regarded, as a rule, to be due to excessive indulgence in alcohol,
extending over lengthy periods.
During 1921, 466 primary notifications of tuberculosis were
received, details of which are given on page 45 of this Report.
Bacteriological examination of sputa from 154 cases was made
by the Council's Bacteriologist during the same period. In 54
of these examinations the specific organism of the disease was
discovered, and in the remainder the result was negative.
The number of deaths from tuberculous disease in Hackney
during 1921, was 264, an increase of 15 upon the deaths during
1920. These deaths are classified as follows:—
Tuberculous phthisis 199
"Phthisis" 14
General tuberculosis 5
Tuberculous meningitis 19
Tuberculous peritonitis 10
Tabes mesenterica 2
Tubercle of other organs 15
264
This number of deaths gives an annual mortality of 1.17 per
1,000 inhabitants.
In the following table the yearly deaths from tuberculous
TUBERCULOSIS.