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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 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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ALL DEATHS FROM TUBERCULOSIS.
| 1923. | 1924. | 1925. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pul. | Non-pul. | Pul. | Non-pul | Pul. | Non-pul | |
| 1. Number of Deaths from Tuberculosis | 216 | 40 | 207 | 47 | 191 | 33 |
| 2. Number of cases only notified at death | 15 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 21 |
| 8. Do. notified within a month of death | 16 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 26 | 4 |
| 4. Do. do. 3 months of death | 19 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 21 | 1 |
| 5. Do. do. 6 months of death | 9 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 14 | — |
| 6. Number of deaths in cases not notified under Tuberculosis Regulations | 26 | 18 | 16 | 25 | 2 | — |
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 1925, 465 primary cases were notified, and the contacts
to these cases number in all 1,085 persons, and of these
571 contacts were examined, making the number examined
over 52 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 1925, 224 deaths were registered—191 pulmonary
and 33 non-pulmonary; but of these only 2 pulmonary
cases were not originally notified under the regulations, both
being certified as due to this cause on inquest. Enquiries as to
contacts, however, were made in all cases, with the exception of
deaths occurring in Mental Hospitals.