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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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ALL DEATHS FROM TUBERCULOSIS.
| 1922. | 1923. | 1924. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pul. | Non-pul. | Pul. | Non-pul | Pul. | Non-pul. | |
| 1. Number of Deaths from Tuberculosis | 202 | 36 | 216 | 40 | 207 | 47 |
| 2. Number of cases only notified at death | 11 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 3. Do. notified within a month of death | 20 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 19 | 6 |
| 4. Do. do. 3 months of death | 25 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 22 | 1 |
| 5. Do. do. 6 months of death | 24 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 1 |
| 6. Number of deaths in cases not notified under Tuberculosis Regulations | 24 | 20 | 26 | 18 | 16 | 25 |
It has been stated that too little attention is paid to the
examination of contacts, but every endeavour has been made
during the past year to examine the contacts to every notified
case.
During 1924, 449 primary cases were notified, and the contacts
to these cases number in all 1,234 persons, and of these
583 contacts were examined, making the number examined
slightly over 47 per cent. As one must bear in mind that adult
contacts generally refuse examination unless in ill-health, under
the circumstances already recorded, this percentage is very fair.
Some of these contacts were examined privately and not at the
Dispensary.
During the year 1924, 254 deaths were registered—207 pulmonary
and 47 non-pulmonary; but of these 16 pulmonary and
25 non-pulmonary were not originally notified under the regulations.
Enquiries as to contacts, however, were made in all cases,
with the exception of deaths occurring in Mental Hospitals.