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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 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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45
Pulmonary Tuberculosis 207
General tuberculosis 3
Tuberculous meningitis 26
Tuberculous peritonitis 7
Lupus -
Tabes mesenterica —
Tubercle of other organs 11
254
This number of deaths gives an annual mortality of 112 per
1,000 inhabitants.

Table: In the following table the yearly deaths from tuberculous diseases in the Borough for the last 26 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 26 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—
1901-190345264
1904-1906417137
1907-190938221.0
1910-191236324.8
1913-191536025.4
1916-191836324.8
1919-192126145.9
1922-192424948.2

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There were 41 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. 25 deaths occurred in hospitals, 6 in the Hackney Infirmary,
2 in mental hospitals, 2 certified on inquest, and in 7 cases the
deaths were certified by local practitioners. In 12 cases post
mortems were performed to ascertain the cause of death.