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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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The following table shows the place of death of Hackney inhabitants during 1925, and it is apparent from this what a large proportion of deaths occur in the patients' homes.
| Place where death occurred. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Other forms of Tuberculosis. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|
| At Patients' Homes | 79 | 7 | 86 |
| At Hackney Hospital | 59 | 6 | 65 |
| At other Institutions | 53 | 20 | 73 |
| 191 | 33 | 224 |
It should be remembered that the oeaths which occur in
institutions cannot be considered to represent the number of persons
who were prevented while in an advanced stage from spreading
infection, as at least the majority of these persons have been
treated on several occasions in the infirmary and similar institutions,
entering and leaving while in an infective condition, before
death occurred. The result of this is placed on record in the
Final Report of the Departmental Committee on Tuberculosis:
" Infection is frequently disseminated by persons suffering from
advanced pulmonary tuberculosis who are in the habit of entering
and leaving Poor Law Institutions, having regard merely to
their own convenience, and not to the interests of their family
or of the community in which they live."
PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS.
| Year. | At home. | At Hackney Infirmary. | Other Institutions. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 97 | 56 | 60 | 213 |
| 1922 | 74 | 64 | 64 | 202 |
| 1923 | 116 | 58 | 42 | 216 |
| 1924 | 99 | 56 | 52 | 207 |
| 1925 | 79 | 59 | 53 | 191 |