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Alcoholism.
Alcoholism.— During the year under consideration there were not
any deaths from alcoholic poisoning. There were, however, twelve
deaths registered as due to cirrhosis of the liver, a condition regarded,
as a rule, to be due to excessive indulgence in alcohol, extending over
lengthy periods.

During 1927, 416 primary notifications of tuberculosis were
received, details of which are given on page 42 of this Report.
Bacteriological examination of sputa from 495 cases was made by the
Council's Bacteriologists during the same period. In 64 of these
examinations the specific organism of the disease was discovered, and
in the remainder the result was negative.
The number of deaths from tuberculous disease in Hackney during
1927 was 204, an increase of 3 upon the deaths during 1926.
These deaths are classified as follows :—
Pulmonary Tuberculosis 181
General tuberculosis 2
Tuberculous meningitis 8
Tuberculous peritonitis 4
Tubercle of other organs 9
204
This number of deaths gives an annual mortality of 0.90 per
1,000 inhabitants.