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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 1923

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: These deaths are classified as follows:—

These deaths are classified as follows:—

Pulmonary tuberculosis216
General tuberculosis6
Tuberculous meningitis11
Tuberculous peritonitis8
Lupus1
Tabes mesenterica1
Tubercule of other organs13
256

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This number of deaths gives an annual mortality of 113 per
1,000 inhabitants.

Table: In the following table the yearly deaths from tuberculous diseases in the Borough for the last 25 years are shown, grouped in periods of three years:—

In the following table the yearly deaths from tuberculous diseases in the Borough for the last 25 years are shown, grouped in periods of three years:—

Three year periods.Annual average number of deaths from Tuberculous Disease.Percentage decrease on the period 1898-1900.
Per cent.
1898-1900483-
1901-19034526.4
1904-190641713.7
1907-190938221.0
1910-191236324.8
1913-191536025.4
1916-191836324.8
1919-192126145.9
1922-192324748.8

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There were 44 deaths where a notification had not been
received under the Regulations. The ratio of non-notified tuberculosis
deaths to total tuberculosis deaths is therefore as 1 is to
6. 15 deaths occurred in hospitals, 7 in the Hackney infirmary,
4 in mental hospitals, 3 certified on inquest, and in 15 cases the
deaths were certified by local practitioners. In 7 cases post
mortems were performed to ascertain the cause of death.